The rules of engagement under which a border patrol station can decide : Sentence Correction (SC)

The rules of engagement under which a border patrol station can decide to use deadly force includes responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of hostile fire.


(A) includes responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(B) includes responding to an invasionary incursion and returning

(C) include responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(D) include a response to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(E) include a response to an invasionary incursion and returning

Bunuel wrote:The rules of engagement under which a border patrol station can decide to use deadly force includes responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of hostile fire.


(A) includes responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(B) includes responding to an invasionary incursion and returning

(C) include responding to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(D) include a response to an invasionary incursion and the return of

(E) include a response to an invasionary incursion and returning

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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

D

As you know, GMAT test writers like to put as many words between the subject and the verb of a sentence as they can, in hopes that you will forget to check for agreement. The subject of this sentence was the plural rules. The verb: the singular includes. This eliminates choices A and B. Choices C and E are not parallel (neither is choice A), because they mix verb-like forms with noun-like forms. The best answer is D.