Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a

Hi Everyone,

This question is a little tricky because of the inverted structure and the use of a slightly far-away noun modifier. However, the errors are all about subject-verb agreement. The detailed solution is below followed by the video solution.



Sentence Structure

Meaning
The sentence talks about America’s amazement with all things antique, and out of this passion for antiques, a new market has grown for furniture styles from the past. This new market is bringing back the chaise lounge, overstuffed sofas, and claw-footed bathtubs.



1. Subject Verb Number Agreement Errors:
a. The sentence has an inverted subject-verb pair “a market- have grown.” Once we locate the subject-verb pair, we see that we have a subject-verb must agree error- the verb for the singular subject “market” is the plural “have grown,” and we need the
singular subject “has grown.”
b. The noun modifier “that” refers to the slightly far away noun “market,” so we have another subject-verb error as “that” requires the singular verb “is” and not the plural verb “are.”

Note: The use of the slightly far away noun modifier is acceptable because we know we can have a slightly far noun modification when three criteria are fulfilled, and we have all three here.
1. The modifier does not make sense with the preceding noun; thus, we need to look deeper into the sentence.
2. The preceding prepositional phrase is modifying the “market”, and the noun modifier can jump over the prepositional phrase to modify the same entity.
3. The preceding modifier cannot be placed anywhere else in the sentence and still makes logical sense.



A things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
Incorrect: This choice has the errors discussed in the Error Analysis.


B. things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
Correct: This option corrects both subject-verb issues using “has grown” and “is bringing” and does not introduce any new errors.

C. things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
Incorrect: Subject Verb Number Agreement Error: In this option, “that” refers to the singular subject “market” but takes the plural verb “bring.”

D. antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
Incorrect: Subject Verb Number Agreement Error: This error is the same as discussed in option A (note they have only switched two words here, “antique things” and “things antique”). The subject and verb must agree- the singular “market” does not agree with the plural verb “have grown.” Thus, the noun modifier “that” refers to the singular noun “market” must have the singular verb “is” and not the plural verb “are.”

E. antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
Incorrect: Subject Verb Number Agreement Error: This option repeats the subject verb number agreement error discussed in option C.




1. The use of the slightly far away noun modifier is acceptable under certain circumstances. Cement your understanding of this modifier by reading our article Noun Modifiers Can Modify Slightly Far Away Nouns. (https://gmatclub.com/forum/noun-modifie ... 35868.html)
2. Always check that the subject-verb pairs agree in number and make sense.
3. Do not let an inverted sentence structure confuse you; simply reverse the sentence to locate the SV pairs or use probing questions to help you identify the entities of the sentence and the meaning being communicated.




Here is a video solution we made for this question:



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Stacey

Hm... I think perhaps this might be classified as an idiomatic part of English expression... "All things antique" just sounds more correct to me. Yes, I think the structure is Noun + Adj., which is strange in English, but people do say "I love all things Greek," etc. Sorry I can't explain that better.

Here in c and e "bring" is wrong as it refers to market which is singular .. so C and E are out
A out as "are" is not proper "Market" singular
Now out of B and C .
C is wordy .
things antique is correct . So B

The intended meaning is:



a market for bygones styles of furniture and fixtures has grown Out of America's fascination with all things antique.
a market (that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and claw-footed bathtub)

B is correct.
A- Are bringing is parallel with singular market.
C, E - Bring is not correct
D- are bringing is not parallel.

The right way to look into this sentence would be to remove the preposition phrases so that the subject and verb can be clearly understood.
Lets strike out the propositional phrases and see if that'll help:-

Out of America's fascination with all things antique has/have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is/are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and claw-footed bathtub.

As you can see, its now easier to figure out the right answer.
fascination->singular->has
market->singular->is

Actually it should be the other way round.

market->singular->has
fascination->singular->is

market...has grown.. and fascination ...is bringing back the chaise lounge, .....

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses inverted sentences. If you can PM you email-id, I can send you the corresponding section.

IMO - B

Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing[/u] back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.
>> for subject antique we need singular verb has. Also, for subject a market, we need verb is not are.

(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing >> SVA issue, we need has
(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing >> correct SVA
(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring >> all things that are antiques has grown...has is issue here, we need a clause.
(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing >> out of all antique things have grown...clause issue
(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring >> same as above

My Confusion here is the starting of the sentence - Out of America's fascination...
It seemed to me as a clause and was expecting a comma, after which i would find a noun it is modifying. Can somebody please explain me this structure.

Hi rakshithbabu,
I'm not sure whether I understood your question correctly but let me try to answer your question.

Here is the correct sentence:

Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

This is a simple subject-verb inversion and usually such sentences start with an adverb followed by a verb and a subject. For example,

Hardly did he study for GMAT, yet he could score so well.

Here, note that inverting the sentence added extra emphasis or surprise on the fact the he "hardly" studied.

In this sentence also, Out of America's fascination with all things antique is an adverbial phrase, then we have the verb has grown and the noun phrase a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures

I hope the structure is clear to you now.

Hi TeamGMATIFY thanks for the explanation,
If i get it right,

Subject = a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures
Verb = Grow (in the form has grown)
Modifier = Out of America's fascination with all things antique( which modifies the verb grow)

So re arranging the sentence to understand it better

A market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures has grown, out of America's fascination with all things antique, bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

Subject
Verb
Modifier of Verb

Please correct me if i am wrong.

HI rakshithbabu

if you invert the correct sentence, it will be:

A market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub has grown out of America's fascination with all things antique.

After looking at this sentence, you can now appreciate the inverted construction used in the original sentence as presence of the noun modifier "that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub" in the middle has made the sentence almost unreadable.
Here
subject: A market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures
Modifier modifying the subject market: that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub
verb: has grown
Verb modifier or adverbial modifier: out of America's fascination with all things antique.

There are two examples akin to this topic: one, an original from OG verbal and another, simulated by Princeton







This is Ron’s response to the Kaplan’s


However, the takeaway seems to be that GMAC particularly is not so worried about the touch rule of ‘that’, as others are.

The "intervening phrases and modifiers" would be frequently of the following types; identifying them may be useful to "keep track of the subject". The examples below are kept simple so as to aid in identifying / reducing more complex cases to such simple ones:

1. Prepositional phrase: The house beside the river was owned by John.
2. Subordinate clause modifier: The house that stands beside the river was owned by John.
3. Past participle phrase modifier: The house built beside the river was owned by John.
4. Present participle phrase modifier: The house standing beside the river was owned by John.
5. Absolute phrase modifier: The house - its colour not faded in years - is owned by John.

Prompt : - This is a sentence with the reverse side subject. Example: In the garage, there were two cars.

Choice A) Just like the cars were the subject in the prev sentence the , a market is the subject. So the plural verb in the choice A is incorrect. There is one more problem with choice A concerning that clause. --- market for bygone styles of furnitures and fixtures that are bringing. The question tries to trap us into thinking that the verb are is referring to the combined nouns furnitures and fixtures. However, the 'that' is modifying the noun market. So this part is again wrong.

Choice B) correct

Choice C) Again plural bring referring to the market.

Choice D and E again have similar problems just like A and C

The critical thing to decide here is, whether
1. it is a market that is bringing back
2. it is the bygone styles that are bringing back
3. it is the furniture or the fixtures that are bringing back
First grammar:
Considering that, a market is the true subject of the sentence, as all choices with the plural verb ‘have grown’ are out. So, let’s dump A and D.
Now, let’s move on to the meaning mode. The question is whether a market can bring back or bygone styles can bring back. The already bygone style cannot bring back the antique furniture. It should be only a growing market that can highlight a trend and cash in on it. Hence, we can reasonably make bold to drop C and E and go for B.

I have a query here. Can "THAT" refer to the far away noun "THE MARKET" as the case here? Can you please help me on understanding the usage of THAT here, in this sentence.? Thanks.