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Sentence Correction 9 / 50

Choose the option that best corrects the grammatical or logical error in the underlined fragment.

Having meticulously analyzed the intricate financial data for several months, the committee’s decision was finally made to divest from the volatile emerging markets.

A. (No change)
B. the committee finally decided to divest from the volatile emerging markets
C. it was finally decided by the committee to divest from the volatile emerging markets
D. the decision to divest from the volatile emerging markets was finally made by the committee

1. Identification of Error: Dangling Participle / Logical Subject Consistency.
2. Grammatical Rule: A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must logically modify the subject of the main clause. The action described by the participle ("Having meticulously analyzed") must be performed by the subject of the main clause. In the original sentence, "the committee's decision" cannot perform the action of analyzing.
3. Option Elimination:
A. Incorrect — "the committee's decision" is not the logical subject of "Having meticulously analyzed," creating a dangling participle.
B. Correct — "the committee" is the logical subject for both "having analyzed" and "decided," resolving the dangling participle and clarifying the agent.
C. Incorrect — "it" is vague and not the logical subject performing the analysis, and the sentence remains passive, obscuring the agent.
D. Incorrect — "the decision" still does not logically perform the analysis. The sentence is passive and still fails to connect the participial phrase to its logical subject.

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