Rising health insurance costs and harsh social stigmas ... many employers to overlook

[peptidoglycan]

Rising health insurance costs and harsh social stigmas .... many employers to overlook workers' mental health needs, but ignoring the problem ... more than addressing it.

a) will cause / had cost
b) cause / will have cost
c) are causing / may have cost
d) caused / has cost
e) have caused / should have cost

The question was wasked in an official exam in Turkey. C was given as correct. Why is D not correct? I think D is even better than C. Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

Rising health insurance costs and harsh social stigmas .... many employers to overlook workers' mental health needs, but ignoring the problem ... more than addressing it.

a) will cause / had cost
b) cause / will have cost
c) are causing / may have cost
d) caused / has cost
e) have caused / should have cost

The question was wasked in an official exam in Turkey. C was given as correct. Why is D not correct? I think D is even better than C. Thanks.

Both are possible.

 

[peptidoglycan]

Both are possible.

Thanks. bhaisahab, Which option is better ? And, can we say B is definitely wrong?

 

[Raymott]

Thanks. bhaisahab, Which option is better ? And, can we say B is definitely wrong?

(not bhaisahab)
B is wrong. I prefer C to D (more natural), but it obviously depends on what the sentence is trying to say.