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The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.

(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is
(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant
(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been
(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is
(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of
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Re: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   18 Mar 2020, 00:58
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In the last 50 years, over the past 50 years, for the past fifty years, etc., are present perfect time markers. Therefore we need to use ‘has experienced’. We can drop B and E. In C, the use of that the auto industry has been experiencing has been” is terribly wordy.
In A, the referent for ‘which’ is not clear.
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Re: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   04 Nov 2019, 07:06
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The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is the migration of motorists from passenger cars to minivans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups.

(A) The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is
(B) Of the trends the auto industry experienced in the last 50 years has been one of the most significant
(C) In the last 50 years, one of the most significant trends that the auto industry has been experiencing has been
(D) One of the most significant trends that the auto industry has experienced in the last 50 years is Correct.
(E) In the last 50 years, the auto industry experienced one of the most significant trends that it has had, that of
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Re: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   17 Mar 2020, 08:47
all other options are weird , only d conveys straight meaning .
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Re: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   18 Jan 2021, 09:20
Hi, this is my first post, but I feel like something was not addressed yet.

A: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends in the last 50 years, which is ...

I believe A is wrong because 'which' is referring to ONE of the most significant trends. Therefore, it is a restrictive modifier explaining what kind of trend it is. 'That' should be used instead.

I hope this helped!
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The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   20 Jun 2023, 00:04
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Is which is correct in Option A? Shouldn’t it be which are since which modifies trend.

On similar lines, what would be correct - One of the trends, which ‘IS OR ARE’ increased adoption of electric vehicles, is rampant in India.

Because I saw similar example - One of my friends who are smart.

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Re: The auto industry has experienced one of its most significant trends i [#permalink] New post   20 Jun 2023, 04:35
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Is which is correct in Option A? Shouldn’t it be which are since which modifies trend.

On similar lines, what would be correct - One of the trends, which ‘IS OR ARE’ increased adoption of electric vehicles, is rampant in India.

Because I saw similar example - One of my friends who are smart.

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Yes, 'which is' is correct. We are talking about only one trend - the migration. We are not talking about all significant trends.

Same is true for "one of the trends, which is increased adoption ..." is correct. We are talking about only one trend.


One of the children who were at the party yesterday is missing.

'who' modifies 'children'. We are talking about the children who were present at the party yesterday.

One of the children, who was sitting alone in a corner at the party yesterday, is missing.

'who' modifies that one child who was sitting alone.
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