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A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights. (A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and (B) Visible at Managua’s major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that (C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who (D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which (E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
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14 Sep 2009, 13:12
mostwantedjatt wrote: c Hi Could you please explain why C, it ends with who followed by and mob cars.... i am finding hard to make sense out of it
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ISBtarget wrote: mostwantedjatt wrote: c Hi Could you please explain why C, it ends with who followed by and mob cars.... i am finding hard to make sense out of it C is correct. mostwantedjatt, C doesnt have who and mob cars. "and" is underlined and C makes the sentence as "who mob cars".
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noboru wrote: A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managua’s major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and I'm confused about the usage of many of them children in option (C). In my opinion, the correct usage should be many of them are children.
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Caroline121 wrote: noboru wrote: A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and mob cars at the stoplights.
(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and
(B) Visible at Managua’s major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that
(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which
(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and I'm confused about the usage of many of them children in option (C). In my opinion, the correct usage should be many of them are children. if you add "are" you have a run-on sentence.
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1st point :- phenomena is plural and phenomenon is singular - here you need singular so , phenomenon knowing that will narrow your choice to C 2nd point :- many of them who is a non-essential modifier and does not impact the sentence ,this can be used with without are in this particular sentence Answer:C
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C is the best option - its pretty clear 'children' who mob the car Watss the OA ?
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C for me as well
not underlined questions can get really confusing.
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OK, OA is C. However I have a SVA issue. C says: A new phenomenon is waves?? Should not it be "are"??? Please clarify. Thanks.
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noboru wrote: OK, OA is C.
However I have a SVA issue. C says: A new phenomenon is waves??
Should not it be "are"???
Please clarify.
Thanks. The subject is phenomena, which is singular. First rule of grammar: subject and verb have to agree. You don't say "The dog are small, brown, and furry." The working verb has to agree with the subject, regardless of the content of the rest of the sentence.
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Thanks abushey31 for the explanation. I had the same question as noboru
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Re: A new phenomena [#permalink]
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(C)(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and (B) Visible at Managua’s major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that (C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who --> CORRECT (D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which (E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and
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Hi all,
I would like to know why we can say "many of them children" but not "many of them ARE children" ???
Thank you in advance.
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Phenomenon - singular Phenomena - plural. C usage is correct for 'is'
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abushey31 wrote: noboru wrote: OK, OA is C.
However I have a SVA issue. C says: A new phenomenon is waves??
Should not it be "are"???
Please clarify.
Thanks. The subject is phenomena, which is singular. First rule of grammar: subject and verb have to agree. You don't say "The dog are small, brown, and furry." The working verb has to agree with the subject, regardless of the content of the rest of the sentence. You may take off some mediator words(visible at Managua’s major intersections) and put it as to resolve your predicament on SVA  . A new phenomenon [strike]visible at Managua’s major intersections[/strike]is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who
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(C)-It is the best answer because it maintains the grammatical rules. Here, 'A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections' is the subject of the sentence(heavy subject). 'Many of them' refers to the 'vendors and beggars'. Comparing other alternatives, I have picked this answer. Still the use of 'cars'(as a verb) is not clear.
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TrueLie wrote: Hi all,
I would like to know why we can say "many of them children" but not "many of them ARE children" ???
Thank you in advance. Option c-- A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, whoWhat i feel is the use of 'are' changes the meaning. The modifer 'who' modifies the vendors and beggars whereas if use 'are' who modifies the children only. Please correct if i am wrong.
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Re: A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major [#permalink]
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gssg wrote: (C)-It is the best answer because it maintains the grammatical rules. Here, 'A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections' is the subject of the sentence(heavy subject). 'Many of them' refers to the 'vendors and beggars'. Comparing other alternatives, I have picked this answer. Still the use of 'cars'(as a verb) is not clear. "Cars" is not a verb here....verb is "mob" and cars is an object of this verb.
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(A) A new phenomena, which is visible at Managua’s major intersections, are waves of vendors and beggars, which include many children and are-a new phenomena?incorrect
which-modifying incorrect subject(B) Visible at Managua’s major intersections are waves of vendors and beggars with many children, new phenomena that are-incorrect
that-incorrectly placed/used(C) A new phenomenon visible at Managua’s major intersections is waves of vendors and beggars, many of them children, who who is referring children-correct
a new phenomena-is - correct(D) Phenomenally new waves of vendors, beggars, and many children are visible at Managua’s major intersections, which phenomenally-incorrect meaning is collapsed.(E) A wave of vendors and beggars, many of whom are children, are visible at Managua’s major intersections, where they are a new phenomenon and[/quote] meaning is collapsed, ..."where they are a new phenomena..." is incorrect.
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Re: A new phenomena, which is visible at Managuas major [#permalink]
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A – waves of beggars are at major intersections. This is not clear. Mob is an action that has no subject. Eliminate
B – doesn’t make any sense. Phenomena that mob cars!?Eliminate
C – Clear and concise.
D – changes meaning. Eliminate
E – changes meaning. Eliminate
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