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In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season. (A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them (B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are (C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are (D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which (E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are Detail explanations are welcome.
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A. 1."surround" refers to a plural "fields" 2. "bustles" refers to a singular "patchwork" 3. We are left with A and C. 4. C would be correct if we had "many of whom", in which case the modifying phrase would serve as appositive 5. Modifying phrase in A is absolute phrase priyankur_saha@ml.com wrote: In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
A. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
B. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
C. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
D. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
E. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
Detail explanations are welcome.
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
14 Mar 2009, 10:06
"The patchwork of green fields"--->Singular hence Surrounds -->only B and E remain farm workers-->Modified correctly by "many of whom" IMO B A. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them B. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are C. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are D. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which E. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
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green fields that........plural hence surround is correct. B and E are out. patchwork bustles with farm workers....hence D is out. Choice remains b/w A and C. In C it shld be "many of whom" instead of "many of who". A is the best priyankur_saha@ml.com wrote: In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
A. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
B. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
C. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
D. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
E. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
Detail explanations are welcome.
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
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The subject is not greenfields, it is patch work.
Ask the Q what surrounds? Ans is PW and not GF
B & E remain. Whom refers back to workers and is needed here to show the part of the total.
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If you want to locate the subject then neglect the portion coming after 'of'
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
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OA is A. This question is one of the few confusing questions. Sentence is using prepositional noun phrase (patchwork of green fields ) that creates quandary. I guess, first, identification of correct nouns and relative verbs would be useful here. thank you.
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priyankur_saha@ml.com wrote: In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
A. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
B. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
C. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
D. surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
E. surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
Detail explanations are welcome. here 'that' modifies 'green fields' so that is why we are using plural subject (green fields)? Can some one explain in detail? Thanks.
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
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Where did this question come from?
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A is correct Many of Them is a correct
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seofah wrote: A.
1."surround" refers to a plural "fields"
2. "bustles" refers to a singular "patchwork"
3. We are left with A and C.
4. C would be correct if we had "many of whom", in which case the modifying phrase would serve as appositive
5. Modifying phrase in A is absolute phrase
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Agree with B.
"The patchwork" is the subject. => "The patchwork of green fields" is Singular and agrees to the verb "surrounds".
"many of whom" correctly points to "farm workers".
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
09 Feb 2010, 17:14
shoudln't this be automatic if you know the subgroup modifier rules? I remember MGMAT saying that subgroup modifiers should only be in the following forms: many of which are x many of them x (shoot i forgot the last one)... substitute many with any, some, all, none, most, etc. (i.e., any of the SANAM pronouns as well + others as well) and obviously we can start with a 3-2 split on the word "surround" or "surrounds"
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11 Feb 2010, 10:35
How is many of them better than many of who ?
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testprep2010 wrote: How is many of them better than many of who ? I don't know why, but I'm not going to argue with MGMAT. The following three constructions are the "proper" way to use subgroup modifiers: page 236 of the MGMAT SC book: This model explains all known subatomic particles, some of which were only recently discovered. This model explains all known subatomic particles, some of them only recently discovered. This model explains all known subatomic particles, some only recently discovered. replace some with other SANAM pronouns (i.e., any, none, all, more/most) as well as many, each, either, neither, half, one, etc.
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The answers to these questions are almost confusing me more than helping...
I believe the answer is B and I am unsure how it could not be....
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misterchipper wrote: The answers to these questions are almost confusing me more than helping...
I believe the answer is B and I am unsure how it could not be....
Help? First of all, you can't even use whom in that construction. review the whom/who distinction... a simple way to know which one to use is to ask and answer the question: whom/who are in the area? you would say they are in the area and not them are in the area... they = subject so you'll use who who = subject whom = object now, you just have to know that when you're using a subgroup modifier, you can only use 3 forms of construction (see my previous post above)... you just gotta learn and memorize those... just like how you should learn and memorize all your if...then... constructions (usually 5 forms according to the MGMAT SC book -- refer to book if you have it).
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Re: SC- Good Years [#permalink]
11 Feb 2010, 22:59
Initially I picked thinking that subject is singular after examining closely I realized that only greenfields can surrond patchwork cannot... So the subject here is greenfields which is plural so surronds is more appropriate so my choice is A Posted from my mobile device 
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Adalfu...I have the MGMAT SC book...do you happen to know where I can find all the subgroup modifiers and the if...then constructions? Thanks so much.
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