The architect suggested ______ an open-plan atrium to maximize natural daylight throughout the commercial complex.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. incorporating
- Step 1: When the verb 'suggest' is followed directly by another verb without an overt subject or that-clause, it takes a gerund. 'Incorporating' functions as the direct gerund object of 'suggested'. Answer: incorporating. Why not the others: "to incorporate well" uses an infinitive, which is ungrammatical as a direct complement of the verb 'suggest'; "that they incorporating" omits a finite verb or subjunctive auxiliary within a subordinate that-clause; "for incorporating" uses a prepositional phrase which cannot serve as the direct transitive object of 'suggest'.
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