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Thursday, November 5, 2026

While reviewing the quarterly results,   revealed that a one-time expense had skewed the totals. To keep shareholders informed, the company will publish a corrected statement, explain the discrepancy in an open letter, and adjust its projections for the remainder of the year to reflect more typical operating costs and expected seasonal demand.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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While reviewing the quarterly results,   revealed that a one-time expense had skewed the totals. To keep shareholders informed, the company will publish a corrected statement, explain the discrepancy in an open letter, and adjust its projections for the remainder of the year to reflect more typical operating costs and expected seasonal demand.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. the totals
  2. the discovery by the finance team
  3. the finance team (correct answer)
  4. it

Explanation: The introductory modifier must modify the grammatical subject, which should be the people doing the reviewing: 'the finance team.' The other choices create a dangling modifier by making the subject 'the totals,' an expletive 'it,' or a nominalized 'discovery' rather than the reviewers themselves.