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Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

After the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces gained control, it implements plans for a more democratic government. Mohamed Morsi became the first democratically elected and Islamic president in June 2012.
  1. gained control, it implements plans
  2. gains control, it implements plans
  3. gained controls, it implements plans
  4. gained control, it implemented plans
Explanation
Answer: D - The best choice is “gained control, it implemented plans”

In the original sentence, the past tense verb “continued” and the present tense verb “implements” creates faulty parallelism. The verbs in the sentence should have the same tense. Since an event - the election of Mohamed Morsi - occurred after the Supreme Council took control, the verbs in the first sentence should convey something that happened in the past. “Implemented” is the past tense form of “implement.”
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