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Zorluk: ZorVerb Tense and Consistency

In the early 1950s, computer pioneer Grace Hopper worked on the UNIVAC I computer, a machine designed for business and scientific applications. At the time, programming required writing tedious machine code that was highly prone to error. Hopper believed that programming languages should be written in English rather than mathematical symbols. Consequently, she developed the A-0 compiler, a revolutionary program that translates mathematical code into machine-readable instructions. While her colleagues initially dismissed her ideas, asserting that computers could only do arithmetic, Hopper, along with a small team of dedicated programmers, perseveres and eventually transformed the way software is written today.

Which choice best completes the sentence to maintain a consistent verb tense throughout the paragraph?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. perseveredCevap
  3. C
    persevere
  4. D
    will persevere

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The past-tense verb 'persevered' is correct because it maintains consistency with the established past-tense narrative of the paragraph.
The past-tense verb 'persevered' is correct because it maintains chronological consistency with the other past-tense verbs in the passage ('worked', 'required', 'believed', 'developed', 'dismissed', and 'transformed') that describe Grace Hopper's historical achievements.

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1
Analyze the surrounding context to determine the primary tense of the passage.
The paragraph describes historical events in the 1950s and uses past-tense verbs like 'worked', 'required', 'believed', 'developed', and 'dismissed'.
Establishing the narrative's time frame is essential for identifying the appropriate verb tense.
2
Identify the subject of the target verb and check for any intervening phrases.
The subject is 'Hopper' (singular). The phrase 'along with a small team of dedicated programmers' is an intervening prepositional phrase and does not change the subject to plural.
This prevents errors in subject-verb agreement.
3
Select the option that matches both the past tense of the passage and the singular subject 'Hopper'.
The past-tense verb 'persevered' is consistent with the past-tense narrative and correctly agrees with the singular subject.
This maintains both grammatical agreement and tense consistency.

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