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With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.
(A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English
(B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English
(C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English
(D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation
(E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English
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OA: D
Can someone please explain why "Icelandic is one of several languages that are"? Shouldnt it be "one of several languages that is"?
Also, which is more idiomatic - "translated into English" or "translated in English"?
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
28 Jul 2006, 22:26
pradyot wrote:
Can someone please explain why "Icelandic is one of several languages that are"? Shouldnt it be "one of several languages that is"?
Also, which is more idiomatic - "translated into English" or "translated in English"?
In D, "that" is modifying "languages" so we need plural verb "are".
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Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo’s development.
(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain
(C) tells individual genes both when to become active or remain
(D) tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain
(E) will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain
Now you have to find answer.
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Icelandic is a singular noun (language) so the OA, IMO, is wrong.
(A) would be my choice on T-Day.
Any other concurrents?
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
29 Jul 2006, 07:54
pradyot wrote: 939. With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.
(A) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English
(B) are compact when they are written, but they can lengthen considerably when they are translated in English
(C) is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when being translated into English
(D) are compact when written but can lengthen considerably in English translation
(E) is compact when it is written but can lengthen considerably when translated in English
OA: D
Can someone please explain why "Icelandic is one of several languages that are"? Shouldnt it be "one of several languages that is"?
Also, which is more idiomatic - "translated into English" or "translated in English"?
Sachin is one of the several cricket players who have scored centuries in cricket matches.
Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that are compact
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OA is correct.
Here "that" describes "languageS" thats why we have to use "are"
But "one of the PLURAL" will not always (But almost always) take plural verb. It depends on the context.
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D is the right answer.
We ( especially me) used to make this error too often.
Just reading "one of........", we assume that it has to be singular.
The case here is that we are not talking about Icelandic but about the other Germanic languages including Icelandic that have the characteristic.
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
31 Jul 2006, 14:35
I believe the OA is correct in this case. There is a slight problem with the underlining in the original post that makes it more difficult to follow. I think the orginal sentenct should read:
With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.
When you look at it this way, it should be easy to see that the first verb (is or are) refers to 'germanic languages' so the answer must contain 'are', eliminating A, C & E.
Between B & D, B is considerably more wordy, and contains and extraneous 'they' which makes an unclear reference.
I will agree with the OG with answer D; though admitadly it would be easy to be tricked on test day. I'm definitely filing this one away in my head. Good question.
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
24 Aug 2006, 00:29
pelihu wrote: I believe the OA is correct in this case. There is a slight problem with the underlining in the original post that makes it more difficult to follow. I think the orginal sentenct should read:
With its abundance of noun inflections, Icelandic is one of several Germanic languages that is compact when written but can lengthen considerably when translated into English.
When you look at it this way, it should be easy to see that the first verb (is or are) refers to 'germanic languages' so the answer must contain 'are', eliminating A, C & E.
Between B & D, B is considerably more wordy, and contains and extraneous 'they' which makes an unclear reference.
I will agree with the OG with answer D; though admitadly it would be easy to be tricked on test day. I'm definitely filing this one away in my head. Good question.
Thanks for the clarification Pelihu. Of course, now (D) makes sense.
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
24 Aug 2006, 04:39
D is right here...
One of the always takes singular but the problem here is that that introduces a restrictive clause and that refers to languages rather than one of the languages so it takes a plural verb instead of a singular, which it should have, had the that not been there....
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
28 Jun 2007, 12:42
sumitsarkar82 wrote: D is right here...
One of the always takes singular but the problem here is that that introduces a restrictive clause and that refers to languages rather than one of the languages so it takes a plural verb instead of a singular, which it should have, had the that not been there....
One of the + plural noun + that/who + plural verb
He is one of the guys who hate baseball.
This is one of the cars that run on corn fuel.
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
28 Jun 2007, 12:55
b14kumar wrote:
Similar SC:
Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo’s development.
(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain
(C) tells individual genes both when to become active or remain
(D) tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain
(E) will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain
C & D are wrong because they do not follow the one of the + plural noun + who/that + plural verb syntax.
ABE are left.
B is wrong because of the improper use of which.
I believe E is wrong because we cannot tell a gene about something.
Is the OA A?
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Re: SC - Icelandic [#permalink]
24 Sep 2007, 16:51
bmwhype2 wrote: b14kumar wrote:
Similar SC:
Biologists believe that they have found one of the substances that tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain quiescent in the earliest phases of an embryo’s development.
(A) tell individual genes both when to become active and when to remain
(B) tell individual genes both at which time they should become active or should remain
(C) tells individual genes both when to become active or remain
(D) tells individual genes both when to become active or when to remain
(E) will tell an individual gene both about when it should become active and remain
C & D are wrong because they do not follow the one of the + plural noun + who/that + plural verb syntax. ABE are left. B is wrong because of the improper use of which.I believe E is wrong because we cannot tell a gene about something. Is the OA A? Yes, OA is A.
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