Each of the sales people that were retained after the company was acqu

Original sentence: Each of the sales people that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.

As the noun phrase "each of the salespeople that..." is singular, any verb that follows the phrase should be in the singular. Option (C) and (E) both use the plural verb are, which does not agree with the singular noun phrase "each of the salespeople that...". Eliminate (C) and (E).

The noun phrase "each of the salespeople that was retained after ..." is nonsensical. If the noun salespeople were singular, there would be no need of the word "each." The noun salespeople is meant to be plural. Eliminate (B) and (D).

Therefore, choice (A) is the correct answer as it is grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning properly.

Each of the sales people that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.


we do not need past perfect and after together. This eliminates B and C
each of the salespeople is singular but usage of "salespeople that" makes it plural , hence it should be "were" . this eliminates D
Now each of the salespeople is more likely not are more likely.
Thus this leaves with A


A. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
B. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company had been acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member is.
C. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company had been acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
D. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members is.
E. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member are.

Each of the sales people that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.

A. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are {Correct option}

B. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company had been acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member is. {That is modifying salespeople, hence we need were after 'that'.}

C. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company had been acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are. {Each of salespeople is singular, hence we need 'is' in place of 'are'.}

D. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members is. {That is modifying salespeople, hence we need were after 'that'. Also, 'any of the other sales team members' is plural, hence we need 'are' in place of 'is'.}

E. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member are. {Each of salespeople is singular, hence we need 'is' in place of 'are'. Also, 'any of the other sales team member' is singular, hence we need 'is' in place of 'are'}

IMO A

A. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
each agreesw with verb is and salespeople agrees with were (CORRECT)

B. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company had been acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member is.
salespeople is plural so salespeople that were is correct here use of singular verb is wrong

C. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company had been acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
each is a singular subject requires a singular verb is

D. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members is
plural verb were is required
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E. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member are.
each is a singular subject requires a singular verb is

A. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are. This has proper use of helping verb. first were is used for individual salespeople and then is used for Each of.
B. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company had been acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member is. Was should not be used, as we are referring individual salespeople. Another thing had been not used properly for passive voice.
C. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company had been acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are. Are should not be used, as we are talking about Each of conjugation. Another thing had been not used properly for passive voice.
D. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members is. Was should not be used, as we are referring individual salespeople.
E. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member are. We should not use are for Each of conjugation.

IMO, the answer is A.

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Each of the Sales People THAT ( here that refers to People) so verb has be plural
Eliminated B & D

Each of ......... acquired.. (Verb has to be singular as subject is EACH)
Eliminate C & E

Answer A

I have a question regarding "That" in the premise.
Can "That" modify people in GMAT? I thought Not

The OA implies the following:
Of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired, each is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
From context, it seems clear that the blue group -- the OTHER members -- refers to salespeople who do NOT belong to the green group.
Implication:
Ann and Bob -- who were retained after the company was acquired -- are compared not to each other but to salespeople who were NOT retained after the company was acquired.

This problem has serious issues, but, ironically, that part is fine.
You have a group (the salespeople who were retained...).
A statement is made about each member of that group (Each of the salespeople who were retained...)



Otherwise, though... oh boy!
Choice A is indicated as the correct answer, but it contains at least three errors:

• A modifier starting with the relative pronoun that—instead of who—is used to describe PEOPLE.
(This error is in every choice.)

• The sentence doesn't make sense with "after the company was acquired". The meaning is only sensible and reasonable if this part is replaced with "when the company was acquired" (or some other form with the same meaning, e.g., "during the acquisition of the company").
(This mistake is also in all five options.)

• "Any of the other team members" is also singular, for exactly the same reason why "each of the team members" would be singular.


The best approach to this problem is to disregard it altogether.

Each of the sales people that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.


Meaning:
1. The company was acquired by someone or some other company
2. Some sales people were retained after the the company was acquired
3. Each of these sales people is more likely to receive a promotion
4. than any of the other sales team members that joined the company after the company was acquired

Errors:


The main aspect tested here is SV agreement, to make this agreement correct we have to be able to correctly identify plurality of the subject and subject itself.



for example:
1. Every man and woman is required to check in. Each-singular subject - correct
2. Three cats each eat fish. Each has nothing to do with plural subject - correct

Here each takes is so we are fine

'that' refers to 'people'
'people' depending on the context can be singular or plural. In our given context 'people' is singular - so we need singular verb.
'any' also depending on the context can be singular or plural. In our given context 'people' is singular - so we need singular verb.

POE

A. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
C. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company had been acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are.
E. Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired are more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member are.

So we are left with (B) and (D).
B is rather interesting choice, 'had been acquired' seems that implying that company first acquired then there is likelihood of people staying there or not.
But to me difference is not so crucial, we have 'after' clear indicator of the sequencing of the events.

SO between (B) and (D) I'm with D, 99.99%
B. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company had been acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any other sales team member is.

D. Each of the salespeople that was retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members is.



D is the answer

Can someone explain how A is correct?
Each if the salespeople is singular.
Hence were is incorrect.
I choose D as the subject verb agreement, modifiers go well with this option. Please explain

Hi Uswetha,

Note that one of something and each of something are similar constructions because both convey singularity. So what is true for one of something is also true for each of something. I couldn’t find any official question testing each of something that as does this question from Veritas. However, below are two OG and GMAT Prep questions testing one of something and one of something that. I am sure that the explanations given to them also apply to each of something and each of something that.

1. https://gmatclub.com/forum/biologists-b ... fl=similar
2. https://gmatclub.com/forum/twenty-two-f ... fl=similar

Let’s picture a conversation during which you are telling me about apples on the table:

You: One of the apples is rotten.

I: Which apples do you mean?

You: Apples that are on the table.

Look, you could tell this information without making me ask a question. Instead of saying: One of the apples is rotten. Apples that are on the table. You could just say: One of the apples that are on the table is rotten. So please don’t make me ask a question

As you see that are on the table is a noun modifier clarifying which apples you mean. So you just insert this noun modifier after the noun it's modifying. In a similar manner you can say:

You: Each of the apples is rotten.

I: Which apples again do you mean Uswetha?!

You: Apples that are on the table.

You see, you again made me ask a question Well, we can conflate your two sentences by putting that noun modifier after the noun it’s modifying:

Each of the apples that are on the table is rotten.

Here that are refers to apples, and is refers to each.

In the question from Veritas we have a similar sentence:

You: Each of the salespeople is more likely to receive a promotion.

I: Whom do you mean? Us? Where is our promotion?

You: Salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired.

That’s how we get a sentence in which each of something that is followed by were, not was.

Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion.

Here that were refers to people, and is refers to each. That’s it.


I hope I wrote at least something helpful to you

I don't understand how come "any" is treated as a plural in the last part of the sentence.



generis /daagh: Could you please help here? I chose option A as I was able to rule out other options, and for option A, I guessed that with "any", there is a chance of exception because it is a part of "SANAM" pronoun.
My doubt is ain't we explicitly comparing each of the sales team members who were retained to each of the sales team members of any other team members? To substantiate my doubt I will say Each of the salespeople that were retained after the company was acquired is more likely to receive a promotion than any of the other sales team members are is. The parallelism would have been correct, had the comparison been each person to each person.

By meaning wise shouldn't this be "is"-?

regards,
Arup Sarkar

Hi GMATGuruNY

Regardless of 'who' and that' problem, what does choice A imply? I think that in same case of Bob and Ann, both will contradict each other and choicer A makes no sense too.

Can you elaborate please?

Just wanted to know if we can compare a singular sales person to a plural group of salespeople?

Hello

In general, if we want to modify "each," we use "who" instead of "that," right?

How could the below fragment in the option A be correct :

any of the other sales team members are

Expert, kindly help.