A high level meeting
of officials is reporting
to have discussed
the issue in great detail E. No error
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The correct answer is: E. No error
The sentence is grammatically correct. The verb “is reporting” agrees with the subject “A high level meeting”. The infinitive phrase “to have discussed” is used to report the action of the meeting. The prepositional phrase “in great detail” modifies the noun “issue”.
Here is a breakdown of each option:
- A. A high level meeting: This is the subject of the sentence. It is a noun phrase that is made up of the article “a”, the adjective “high level”, and the noun “meeting”.
- B. of officials: This is a prepositional phrase that modifies the noun “meeting”. It tells us that the meeting is made up of officials.
- C. is reporting: This is the verb of the sentence. It is in the present tense, which is appropriate because the sentence is reporting a current event.
- D. to have discussed: This is an infinitive phrase. It is used to report the action of the meeting. The infinitive “to discuss” is followed by the past participle “discussed”, which is used to form the perfect infinitive. The perfect infinitive is used to report an action that happened before another action. In this case, the meeting discussed the issue before it reported on it.
- E. the issue in great detail: This is a prepositional phrase that modifies the noun “discussed”. It tells us that the meeting discussed the issue in great detail.
I hope this explanation is helpful!