Australia is one of the countries that compete and often win the

Question

Australia is one of the countries that  compete and often win  the Olympic gold medal for swimming.

A. compete and often win

B. competes for and often wins

C. compete for and often are the winners of

D. competes for and quite often win

E. compete for and often win

winterschool · Answer

Australia is one of the countries that compete and often win the Olympic gold medal for swimming.

A.  compete and  often win  Incorrect

B.  competes  for and often  wins   Incorrect

C. compete for and  often are the winners  of  Incorrect

D.  competes  for and quite often win  Incorrect

E.  compete for and often win   Correct

that refers to countries, so verb should be plural
Eliminate B & D

correct idioms - .........compete for the Olympic gold medal...........; eliminate A

In C - often are the winners of is not in parallel with compete for; Elminate

Answer E

rajshreeasati · Answer

B as one of the X means 1 unit, hence singular verb must be used

Bunuel · Answer

OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

Australia is one of the countries that  compete and often win  the Olympic gold medal for swimming.

A. compete and often win

This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The verb  compete  requires a preposition in order to logically connect to  the Olympic gold medal for swimming .

Whenever the first verb requires a preposition after it and the second verb does not, the preposition must not be omitted:

Incorrect: John cares and loves Jane.
Correct: John cares for and loves Jane.

What helps us identify this question as a Split Construction question and identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

A split construction: Verb A + and/or + Verb B + object

B. competes for and often wins

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition for to logically connect compete to the Olympic gold medal, it is grammatically incorrect. The relative clause that...swimming describes the noun that appears immediately before it, namely, countries. Since countries is plural, the verb that follows it also needs to be plural. However, competes is singular.

What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.

What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

one of the + plural noun + who/which/that

Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.

C. compete for and often are the winners of

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for  to logically connect compete  to the Olympic gold medal , it is not the most concise of the answer choices.

D. competes for and quite often win

Although this answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition for to logically connect compete to the Olympic gold medal, it is grammatically incorrect. The relative clause that...swimming describes the noun that appears immediately before it, namely, countries. Since countries is plural, the verb that follows it also needs to be plural. However, competes is singular.

What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.

What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign:

one of the + plural noun + who/which/that

Whenever you see this Stop Sign, make sure that the following verb is plural.

E. compete for and often win

This answer choice corrects the original Split Construction error by inserting the preposition  for  to logically connect  compete  to  the Olympic gold medal . It also matches the plural verbs  compete  and  win , found in the Relative Clause, to the plural subject  countries .

Australia is one of the countries that compete and often win the

Prep Toolkit

Top 5 GMAT Debrief Videos

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards

GMAT Sentence Correction (SC - EA only) Questions

Australia is one of the countries that compete and often win the

Prep Toolkit

615 to 715 in 15 Days (Ria's Strategies)

More than Quant/Verbal Abilities: Speed vs. Accuracy

745 with Only Self-Prep and GMAT Club

From 555 to 765: 210-point Improvement

Perfect 805 Score Debrief by Julia

My Rewards