Hi, can you please tell me what is the verb for people in option A?
Thanks,
MK

Hi mk96,

There is no verb for young people there. Instead, the who points to young people. It is the who that combines with a verb, have.

It is young people who have the {something} needed to found new businesses. ~ Young people are the ones who have the {something} needed to found new businesses.

You could also go through this post.

But then why did lakerfan24 says this for option C. having --> same as "B" (does not show possession). Also, we need a verb here to pair with the subject (people)

In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it is young people who have “the contempt of risk and the presumptuous hope of success” needed to found new businesses.

A. who have
B. with --> this does not show POSSESSION. Idea is that young people HAVE (1) contempt of risk, and (2) hope of success
C. having --> same as "B" (does not show possession). Also, we need a verb here to pair with the subject (people)
D. who are those with --> redundancy error: if you have "who", why do you need "those"? Talking about the same thing
E. who are the ones to have --> same as "D" (redundancy error: if you have "who", why do you need "the ones"?

A is good b/c you have possessive "who", which ties in to "people". Also, "have" shares the plural form of "people".

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AjiteshArun this one

Hi NandishSS, rather than looking at a grammar-heavy solution, it often helps if we just simplify the sentence a bit.

So, let's just see which of the following sentences you would pick:

(i) it is hard-working people with most chance to succeed on GMAT.
(ii) it is hard-working people having most chance to succeed on GMAT.
(iii) it is hard-working people who have most chance to succeed on GMAT.

Hopefully you would pick iii).

This is exactly the same structure used in the sentence under consideration. Hence, option A is the right choice.

Options D and E, at the very least, lose out on concision.

Hello Arpit, adkikani,

In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it is young people who have “the contempt of risk and the presumptuous hope of success” needed to found new businesses.

The above-mentioned official sentence is NOT written in passive voice. All the verbs highlighted in he above-mentioned correct sentence is in active voice. The word needed is the verb-ed modifier because the two attributes are not the doer of this action.

In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it is young people who have “the contempt of risk and the presumptuous hope of success” that are needed to found new businesses.

If we turn the verb-ed modifier needed into verb are needed, then this verb is in passive voice.


Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Shraddha

Without the modifiers, choice (C) boils down to, "Adam Smith wrote that it is young people." Sure, we have a bunch of subject-verb pairs, but what is it about those young people? It makes more sense to say, "... that it is young people WHO {verb}." For example:

• "It is young people who destroy their eardrums by listening to nerdcore rap with headphones."
• "It is old people who do not understand why a smartphone is needed to hail a taxi."

These two examples are clearly standalone sentences. But if I just say, "It is young people.", then I haven't really told you anything. There's a subject and a verb, but we don't have a complete thought.

Also, if we want to modify "young people", why would we use "having" (an -ing modifier that can be used to modify the entire preceding clause) instead of "who have" (a noun modifier that MUST modify "young people")? That latter is much clearer.

Comparing (A) and (C) side by side, (C) has no advantages over (A), so (A) is the winner!

Also, if we want to modify "young people", why would we use "having" (an -ing modifier that can be used to modify the entire preceding clause) instead of "who have" (a noun modifier that MUST modify "young people")? That latter is much clearer.

In 1776 Adam Smith wrote that it is young people who have “the contempt of risk and the presumptuous hope of success” needed to found new businesses.

(A) who have
(B) with
(C) having
(D) who are those with
(E) who are the ones to have

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Could you tell me why the author used the past form of 'find' after 'to'?
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