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 22 Jun 2006, 20:22
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With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
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Picking C.
With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract .
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C. need are to meet the plural form of verb.
E is is not idiomatic.
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Thanks all for ur explaination. OA is C
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buzzgaurav wrote: Picking C.
With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract .
Why is their referring to communities rather than Cleveland?
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C.
large number of communities on the Great Lakes that ARE
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asaf wrote: bmwhype2 wrote: buzzgaurav wrote: Picking C.
With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract . Why is their referring to communities rather than Cleveland? Because of the use of 'that' thanks. did not realize it was a restrictive clause.
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I boiled the choices down to C, D and E.
Can I get some further insight why D and E are incorrect?
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good practice.
Cleveland is (but) one (of a large number of communities) (on the Great Lakes) that are looking to their ...waterfront
that restricts communities.
shiva_agw wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
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I recognized one trick:
"a number of communities" -- this statement tells me the verb should be plural, hence "are" should be used.
I can only guess that "E" doesn't work because "looking at" is not idiomatic and "looking to" is?
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misterJJ2u wrote: I recognized one trick:
"a number of communities" -- this statement tells me the verb should be plural, hence "are" should be used.
I can only guess that "E" doesn't work because "looking at" is not idiomatic and "looking to" is?
the number of dogs that are brown is
see your mistake?
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shiva_agw wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
I am just not getting this one... 
Is the subject always plural for sentences that have subjects like "one of many things"?
Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that...
Another thing thats tripping me is: "looking to its waterfront"
Do we "look at" things or do we "look to" things?
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gluon wrote: shiva_agw wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
I am just not getting this one... Is the subject always plural for sentences that have subjects like "one of many things"? Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that... Another thing thats tripping me is: "looking to its waterfront" Do we "look at" things or do we "look to" things? one (of the cars) is brown.
three (of the cars) are brown.
one (of the cars that run on hydrogen) is brown
one (of the cars that run on hydrogen) [in North America] is brown
one (of a large number of communities [on the Great Lakes] that are looking
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misterJJ2u wrote: I can only guess that "E" doesn't work because "looking at" is not idiomatic and "looking to" is?
i look to my brother for guidance.
i look at my brother for guidance.
i look to my brother to help me with my homework.
Cleveland looks to its waterfront to ........
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bmwhype2 wrote: misterJJ2u wrote: I can only guess that "E" doesn't work because "looking at" is not idiomatic and "looking to" is? i look to my brother for guidance. i look at my brother for guidance.i look to my brother to help me with my homework. Cleveland looks to its waterfront to ........  Ahhh now I see! Thanks for the excellent examples bmwhype2.
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Here is a link that clears up these types of questions
http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14087
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Here's how I do it:
(A) is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(B) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(C) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
(D) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
(E) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract
First off, ignore the verbal (first thing), as the subject matches, so that's good. Now, it talks about Cleveland is but one... of the many ...... check the preposition, it applies to the waterfronts, not cleveland, so we're in plural territory, so A/B are out. Again we're referring to THEIR waterfronts, so D is out. Between C/E. E is just wrong - wtf - as a way they? if it was 'as a way that they can', but even then, it's wrong. So straight up C.
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trivikram wrote: Here is a link that clears up these types of questions http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14087
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trivikram wrote: Here is a link that clears up these types of questions http://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=14087this link does not exits
Thanks frnd ,...very good thread ...
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bmwhype2 wrote: gluon wrote: shiva_agw wrote: With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.
I am just not getting this one... Is the subject always plural for sentences that have subjects like "one of many things"? Cleveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that... Another thing thats tripping me is: "looking to its waterfront" Do we "look at" things or do we "look to" things? one (of the cars) is brown. three (of the cars) are brown. one (of the cars that run on hydrogen) is brown one (of the cars that run on hydrogen) [in North America] is brown one (of a large number of communities [on the Great Lakes] that are looking Very cool examples Ma'am 
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