GMATaxe001 wrote:
pjreddy_rec wrote:
A number of linguists contend
that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language.
(A) that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced
(B) that the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages of which all can be traced
(C) the world's five billion people speak thousands of languages which are all traceable
(D) all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people to be traceable
(E) the ability to trace all of the thousands of languages that are spoken by the world's five billion people
The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 10th Edition, 2003Practice QuestionQuestion No.: SC 157
Page: 676
Hi
GMATNinja,
Kindly help me with below doubts
1. do we have an IC that IC structure here (can 2 ICs be connected with a that?)
2. What is the subject in that clause - (that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced ) -
here the subject is "ALL" or "All of the thousands of languages".
3. The part after that is IC or its a DC ?
4. in the non underlined, what is the subject? "A number of Linguists" or linguists ?
5. in the non underlined, contend is a plural verb, so what is its subject?
Gmatwarrior27I think
this post will help.
Yes, by itself, "all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced back to a common root language" could be an independent clause. But as soon as we stick a "that" in front of it, it becomes dependent (remember, even dependent
clauses have a subject and verb). For example:
"We hope that you get a 750 on the GMAT."
The phrase "that you get a 750 on the GMAT" is not a complete thought and couldn't stand alone, right? It's just the thing that we hope for earlier in the sentence.
On to your questions:
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1. do we have an IC that IC structure here (can 2 ICs be connected with a that?)
We don't have two independent clauses here. The "that" introduces a dependent clause.
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2. What is the subject in that clause - (that all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people can be traced ) -
here the subject is "ALL" or "All of the thousands of languages".
"All" is the simple subject. The complete subject would be the simple subject plus any modifiers (so "all of the thousands of languages spoken by the world's five billion people"). But I don't think that distinction matters a whole lot on the GMAT.
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3. The part after that is IC or its a DC?
See above. Sure, if we take everything after the "that" and turn it into it's own sentence, it could be an independent clause. But that portion is preceded by a "that" in THIS sentence, so it's simply part of a
dependent "that" clause. In other words, don't think of it as a "that + IC." Instead, think of it as a "that + subject + verb" which together create a dependent clause.
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4. in the non underlined, what is the subject? "A number of Linguists" or linguists ?
"A number" is the simple subject. If we include the prepositional phrase ("of linguists"), we get the complete subject.
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5. in the non underlined, contend is a plural verb, so what is its subject?
Because we are talking about a
number of linguists (as opposed to just ONE linguist), the subject is plural (hence the plural verb). In other words, "a
number" implies multiple linguists in this context.
I hope that helps!
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