Complete the sentence: The university administration has decided ______ the deadline for graduate scholarship applications.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. to extend
- Step 1: Analyze verb complementation: The verb 'decide' belongs to the category of verbs that take a to-infinitive complement (not a gerund).
- Step 2: Identify correct infinitive: 'to extend'.
- Step 3: Confirm sentence syntax: 'has decided to extend the deadline'.
Answer
to extend.
Why not the others: 'extending' uses a gerund which cannot complement 'decide'; 'extend' lacks the required infinitive marker 'to'; 'for extending' is ungrammatical prepositional phrasing.
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