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Select the appropriate correction for the sentence below:
The students are engaged, fascinated and determination to complete their studies.
a.
The students are engaged, fascinated, and determined to complete their studies.

b.
The students are engaged in, fascinated by, and determined to complete their studies.

c.
The students are engaged into, fascinated by, and determined to complete their studies.

d.
None of the above

GPY · Accepted Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

There seems to be an obvious error in the given sentence: the word "determination" is a noun and doesn't seem to match the two previous words, which are adjectives.

Of the given choices, d. is, of course, always a possible answer, and so we keep it at the back of our minds.

c. is out from the start because the phrase "engaged into" is ungrammatical.

This leaves a. and b. to be considered. b. is eliminated because in this type of construction, "engaged in" and "fascinated by" must connect to "complete their studies," and "engaged in to complete their studies" is ungrammatical, as is "fascinated by to complete their studies. a. is a correct construction: The students are engaged, fascinated, and determined to complete their studies. Note that "engaged" and "fascinated" here do not connect with "to complete their studies, rather this is merely stating their frame of mind. That is, these are engaged students, and fascinated students, who are determined to complete their studies. So a. appears to be the correct answer. d. is always a possible answer, but a. seems to be a good answer, so d. does not apply in this situation.

GPY · Answer

I agree with what you say except in respect of (b). (b) can be understood like this:

The students are engaged in their studies.
The students are fascinated by their studies.
The students are determined to complete their studies.

(a) is also allowable because, as you say, "engaged" and "fascinated" can stand by themselves. If I had to guess, I would guess that the setter overlooked this and that (b) is the intended correct answer. Anyway, as it stands it is a faulty question.

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