Although the coastal city of Kundapur was once home to a flourishing maritime trade, their economy has been dependent in more recent years on the cotton textile and sugar industries.
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Although the coastal city of Kundapur was once home to a flourishing maritime trade, their economy has been dependent in more recent years on the cotton textile and sugar industries.
- it's economy had depended in more recent years
- its economy have in more recent years depended
- the economy having in more recent years depended
- its economy has depended in more recent years
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - its economy has depended in more recent years
The city needs the singular possessive 'its' (no apostrophe) and the present perfect 'has depended' with 'in more recent years'. 'It's economy had depended' misuses it's and the tense, 'its economy have' has a subject-verb agreement error, and 'the economy having ... depended' is a fragment. Correct: 'its economy has depended in more recent years'.
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