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In advanced English syntax and usage, spotting common errors requires analyzing subtle violations of correlative conjunctions, subject-verb concord, tense sequencing, and lexical valency. Consider the following four advanced sentences containing potential grammatical pitfalls: I. 'No sooner had the keynote speaker stepped onto the podium than the audience erupted into a thunderous standing ovation.' II. 'The committee, despite facing severe internal dissent and prolonged administrative hurdles, have unanimously approved the revised fiscal budget.' III. 'Had the investigative journalists uncovered the financial discrepancy sooner, the corporate scandal would have been averted.' IV. 'Each of the prospective candidates who applied for the prestigious fellowship are required to submit an original research portfolio.' Identify the option that correctly evaluates the grammatical validity of sentences I, II, III, and IV according to standard English grammar rules.
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Detailed Explanation
Sentence I is correct because the correlative adverbial pair 'No sooner... than' is properly used with the past perfect auxiliary inversion ('No sooner had... than'). Sentence II is acceptable in British English where collective nouns like 'committee' take plural verbs ('have') when the members are viewed as acting individually. Sentence III is correct because it correctly employs the past subjunctive inversion ('Had the... uncovered...') in a third conditional counterfactual structure. Sentence IV contains a subject-verb agreement error: the true subject head is 'Each' (singular), which governs the singular verb 'is' rather than 'are', despite the intervening relative clause ending with plural 'applied'. For further reading on syntactic structures, consult the Wikipedia Reference.
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