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40. A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it
I picked D instead of A. Can anybody explain why "believe" should take the singular verbal form? I thought "a group of students" should always be plural versus "the group of students" that is singular.
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A group of students is singular...'of students' is just a middleman.
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Re: Brutal SC - A group of.. [#permalink]
01 Aug 2007, 17:57
beckee529 wrote: 40. A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it
I picked D instead of A. Can anybody explain why "believe" should take the singular verbal form? I thought "a group of students" should always be plural versus "the group of students" that is singular.
Choices are A and C because the sentence needs singular verb "believes". Also we need correct idiom: not x (to be designed) but y (but to be returned).
A group (of students) is a singular because it defines a group. A group and a number are different.
A number of students = plural.
The number of students = Singular
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Himalayan wrote: beckee529 wrote: 40. A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it
I picked D instead of A. Can anybody explain why "believe" should take the singular verbal form? I thought "a group of students" should always be plural versus "the group of students" that is singular. Choices are A and C because the sentence needs singular verb "believes". Also we need correct idiom: not x (to be designed) but y (but to be returned). A group (of students) is a singular because it defines a group. A group and a number are different. A number of students = plural. The number of students = Singular Thanks for clearing the confusion!! Very good to know for the test...
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A group of students who have begun...believe
Only D makes sense. A may be an OA but how do you deny D?
I understand the effect of 'group of students' is singular but 'have begun' in non-underlined section leaving me no choice but to pick the one with 'believe'.
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A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
WHO which is a relative pronoun should relate to the closest noun "students"
A group which is a single entity represents a singular noun.
A stands...
Also remove the text in GREEN below
A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
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ok .. I also thought that A group of students is singular. But then why are they using "who have" If it is singular shouldn't it be "who has"? "HAVE" is plural!?
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group is singular, so need believes. 2,4 and 5 out. Between 1 and 3, take 1 for parallelism.
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Some nouns, like committee, clergy, enemy, group, family, and team, refer to a group but are singular in form. These nouns are called collective nouns. In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in The family was united on this question or The enemy is suing for peace. It takes a plural verb when it refers to the members of the group considered as individuals, as in My family are always fighting among themselves or The enemy were showing up in groups of three or four to turn in their weapons. In British usage, collective nouns are more often treated as plurals: The government have not announced a new policy. The team are playing in the test matches next week. 1
Be careful not to treat a collective noun as both singular and plural in the same construction. Thus you should say The family is determined to press its (not their) claim.
I am certain D is the right answer to this question.
ywilfred wrote: group is singular, so need believes. 2,4 and 5 out. Between 1 and 3, take 1 for parallelism.
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I agree I think D is the right answer. It already uses 'have' initially. Which means that it is plural. Although group is usually singular.
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trivikram wrote: A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
WHO which is a relative pronoun should relate to the closest noun "students"
A group which is a single entity represents a singular noun.
A stands...
Also remove the text in GREEN below
A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition
Yeah I thought about 'who' being relative pronoun and working on 'students' instead of 'a group of students' but honestly nothing in the sentence logically separates (with comma or hypen) the two parts ...have begun...beleives.
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A group (of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City) believes that the park needs
not to be redesigned
but to be returned to its former condition
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bmpwhype's representation is very clear
Just to add to bmw's post:
bmwhype2 wrote: A group (of students [who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City]) believes that the park needs
text in bracket is modifying "a group"
text in square barackets is modifying "students"
not to be redesigned
but to be returned to its former condition
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