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SC: fedral arbitrator [#permalink]
 13 Dec 2003, 03:17
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Can anyone help me on that please
The newly elected baseball commissioner has asked <that a fedral arbitrator would mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened> to go on strike ,and the lawyers representing major league franchise owners.
a. same
b. that a fedral arbitrator mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which havethreatened
c. of a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have
threatened
d. a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has
threatened
e. a fedral arbitrator to mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened
this one is from Kaplan. Ans given is E. but i think
"representatives of the umpire's union" is plural so it should be
"which have threatened". 
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Re: SC: fedral arbitrator [#permalink]
13 Dec 2003, 03:25
mbamantra wrote: Can anyone help me on that please The newly elected baseball commissioner has asked <that a fedral arbitrator would mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened> to go on strike ,and the lawyers representing major league franchise owners. a. same b. that a fedral arbitrator mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have threatened c. of a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have threatened d. a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened e. a fedral arbitrator to mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened this one is from Kaplan. Ans given is E. but i think "representatives of the umpire's union" is plural so it should be "which have threatened". E is the " best" answer.
"representatives of the umpire's union" => Not a Noun Phrase
which modifies the closest "noun", which in this case is umpires
union..which is the intended meaning of the sentence.
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Re: SC: fedral arbitrator [#permalink]
13 Dec 2003, 06:17
praetorian123 wrote: mbamantra wrote: Can anyone help me on that please The newly elected baseball commissioner has asked <that a fedral arbitrator would mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened> to go on strike ,and the lawyers representing major league franchise owners. a. same b. that a fedral arbitrator mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have threatened c. of a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which have threatened d. a fedral arbitrator that he mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened e. a fedral arbitrator to mediate negotioations between representatives of the umpire's union, which has threatened this one is from Kaplan. Ans given is E. but i think "representatives of the umpire's union" is plural so it should be "which have threatened". E is the " best" answer. "representatives of the umpire's union" => Not a Noun Phrase which modifies the closest "noun", which in this case is umpires union..which is the intended meaning of the sentence. thanks praetorian IMO, all of the answers suck.
I don't like E because there is a difference between asking that a type of person do something and asking a spcific person of that type directly to do something.
For example:
"I asked that a fair judge preside over my trial" is not the same as
"I asked a fair judge to preside over my trial".
HOWEVER, E seems to be the only grammatically correct sentence so i suppose it is the "best" choice. But this question is a bad one, IMO.
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i didn't get it.
i think
"representatives of the umpire's union" is plural so it should be
"which have threatened
how do u explain that?
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but union is singular and that is what "which" here modifies and so "has" and not "have"
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mbamantra wrote: i didn't get it.
i think
"representatives of the umpire's union" is plural so it should be
"which have threatened
how do u explain that?
the phrase starting with "which" modifies "union" not "representatives".
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Re: SC: fedral arbitrator [#permalink]
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+1 E The structure is Ok: ask (noun) to (verb) Union is singular; "has" is Ok.
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Re: SC: fedral arbitrator [#permalink]
01 Jul 2011, 11:47
I know E changes meaning a bit, but out of given choices, E is the best. To guys, who have doubts about "representatives" vs "union". Apart from what other posters have mentioned here about the concept of "closest noun", second point could be that "which" can never be associated with a person. And in this case with representative, "who" or "that" will be appropriate. Another way of looking at the same thing.
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