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Verbal·Standard English Conventions·Form, Structure, and Sense
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A 2024 study cataloged all the trees in Amsterdam to evaluate the biodiversity of the city’s urban forest. The researchers, finding that administrative unit GT23 had a 1.45 ratio of native to non-native trees, __________ efforts to preserve the biodiversity of the trees in that unit and other areas with a similarly high ratio.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A
to recommend
B
recommending
C
having recommended
D
recommended