Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: are comfortable
Explanation:
Given data
The company goes to great length to ensure that employees can be comfortable in their work environment.
Concept/Approach
After ‘‘ensure that’’, we typically use a straightforward indicative clause that states the assured state: ‘‘employees are comfortable.’’ The modal ‘‘can’’ implies mere possibility, not ensured outcome.
Option analysis
are comfortable — Best: expresses the guaranteed state the company aims to secure.will be comfortable — Future orientation; unnecessary and less idiomatic.should be comfortable — Moral desirability, not assurance.No improvement — Retains weaker ‘‘can be’’.
Verification/Alternative
Also idiomatic: ‘‘ensure a comfortable work environment for employees.’’
Common pitfalls
Over-using modals like ‘‘can/should’’ when a simple finite verb better matches ‘‘ensure that’’.
Final Answer
are comfortable
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