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A group of sudents who have begun to clean up Frederick Law [#permalink]
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A group of sudents 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
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Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural
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GMATT73 wrote: Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural
Choice was between D and E.
MATT, why is E better than D  . To me, "to be" seems more appropriate.
.....the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition.
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OA : A
The subject is group which is singular so the main verb has to be believes,
infinitive to be redesigned followed by infinitive to be
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buzzgaurav wrote: GMATT73 wrote: Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural Choice was between D and E. MATT, why is E better than D . To me, "to be" seems more appropriate. .....the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition. Buzz, you are absolutely right. I missed that last "to be" connection. Changing my answer to (D).
The subjunctive mood is also being tested here, right?
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GMATT73 wrote: Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural
Come on MATT, I never told that rule. 
This is a straight A.
A group of students its not of type "one of plural". That rule is for usage of "ONE" not the group.
Group of students is always singular.
If you want a recap of that read the notes of Gayathri.  she is in INSEAD.
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Straight A.
A group - singular.
I can recollect dahiya's statement for one of .. who as follows ...
MATT is one of members who answer verbal questions ....
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Thanks guys. I feel like  WTF was I thinking???
Straight to the log.
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Re: SC -Park redesign [#permalink]
21 Jan 2008, 12:09
Why is "believes" correct here? The stem says "HAVE begun" not "HAS begun.
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Re: SC -Park redesign [#permalink]
21 Jan 2008, 12:12
NVM, i Just got it  A group of students who HAVE begun.. A group of students HAS begun. The who, changes the subject here, and since group is singular, believes is correct. So I will stop talking to myself 
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Re: SC -Park redesign [#permalink]
13 Jan 2009, 10:21
This is a really good problem. "have" is used in a phrase that modifies the "students" and "believes" is used because "a group" as a subject is singular.
This is the subject-verb agreement usage to the second power. Lol
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thanks a lot for sharing this document. ps_dahiya wrote: GMATT73 wrote: Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural Come on MATT, I never told that rule. This is a straight A. A group of students its not of type "one of plural". That rule is for usage of "ONE" not the group.Group of students is always singular. If you want a recap of that read the notes of Gayathri. she is in INSEAD. |
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You forgot the rule GMATT73 wrote: Dahiya taught me the rule on this type of SC. I will never forget it!
Answer must be (E).
a group of N-plural who....V-plural
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Re: SC -Park redesign [#permalink]
16 Jan 2009, 03:09
A group of students believes that....
Clear A
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