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Because it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake as [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2012, 21:47
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Because it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake as not only its greatest but also its most lucrative triumph of the preceding year, the ballet troupe's Board of Directors unanimously voted to reengage the controversial choreographer for another season.

A.it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake as not only its greatest but also its most lucrative triumph
B.it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake to have not only been its greatest and most lucrative triumph
C.it was reckoned that the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake has been not only their greatest but also most lucrative triumph
D.they reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake as not only their greatest but also most lucrative triumph
E.they had reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake to not only have been their greatest but the most lucrative triumph
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Re: Because [u]it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake [#permalink] New post   11 Jun 2012, 23:18
D,E are incorrect - Use of 'they' for 'Board of Directors', which is singular.

B is incorrect as it does not use 'but also' with 'not only'

C is wordy - and not parallel in using THEIR in - 'their greatest' but also 'THEIR' most lucrative...Also is wrongly plural.

A is correct.
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Re: Because [u]it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2012, 02:30
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Good question.. thanks for the detailed explanation.. can you cite some more examples which are singular like "the board of directors"
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Re: Because [u]it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake [#permalink] New post   12 Jun 2012, 03:50
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narangvaibhav wrote:
Good question.. thanks for the detailed explanation.. can you cite some more examples which are singular like "the board of directors"


Some more examples I could think of -

Group of ministers/employees/students...bunch of things...and so on
Also Class, Committee, Team, Company, Family, Union, Army, Department, Jury, Club, Society...and so on
Also - pack of wolves, colony of ants!..etc :)

Hope this helps.
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Because it reckoned the avant-garde staging of Swan Lake as [#permalink] New post   01 Nov 2022, 21:31
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narangvaibhav wrote:
Good question.. thanks for the detailed explanation.. can you cite some more examples which are singular like "the board of directors"


Some more examples I could think of -

Group of ministers/employees/students...bunch of things...and so on
Also Class, Committee, Team, Company, Family, Union, Army, Department, Jury, Club, Society...and so on
Also - pack of wolves, colony of ants!..etc :)

Hope this helps.



For any other collective nouns, consult GMAT Club's Grammar Book:
https://gmatclub.com/grammar for the full list (below) and other elements:

Army
Audience
Band
Bunch
Bundle
Choir
Class
Clump
Colony
Committee
Congress
Crew
Family
Flock
Gang
Government
Group
Herd
Jury
Majority
Minority
Orchestra
Police
Pair
Public organization

P.S. not bumping this up but someone reported this topic, so fixing and also replying :angel:
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