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14 Aug 2015, 12:50
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Answer choice F is not correct. If you eliminate the adjective clause "of the potential investors", you will see that the verb is/are must go with "Not one". At this point, it is easy to determine that "is" is the correct verb tense.
Hope this helps.
15 Aug 2015, 23:58
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1 and 2 are both incorrect. The subject "Not one" needs a verb, and that verb must be "is." In the example about Icelandic, that subject already has a verb ("Icelandic is . . . "). When we get to "that are compact," that phrase is simply modifying "languages." It doesn't contain the main verb. Let's look at 1 again to compare:
1. Not one of the potential investors are greedy.
The portion in italics works by itself. "Investors are greedy" is a fine sentence. However, the subject (in bold) is left with no verb. We can only use "are" to apply to investors is we have a verb for "Not one" somewhere else:
Not one of my managers realizes that the potential investors are greedy.
This clearly has a different meaning, but now that "Not one" has a verb ("realizes"), we can apply "are" to investors. (Notice that since "Not one" doesn't make sense by itself, I had to add an extra noun modifier ("of my managers.")
We could also place the main verb after the modifier:
Not one of the potential investors who are greedy will agree to the proposed terms.
Notice here that "are" works correctly with "investors," but only because we added a modifier signal: "who." By adding a modifier directly to "investors," we ensure that the verb applies to them.
2 works exactly the same way. We need a verb for "Not one," so we have to go with is.
3 is different because the word "none" is not definitively singular or plural. It takes its singular/plural status from the context of the sentence:
None of the ice cream is fresh.
None of my friends are here.
You can memorize the words that work this way with the acronym SANAM: Some, Any, None, All, More/Most.
1. Not one of the potential investors are greedy.
The portion in italics works by itself. "Investors are greedy" is a fine sentence. However, the subject (in bold) is left with no verb. We can only use "are" to apply to investors is we have a verb for "Not one" somewhere else:
Not one of my managers realizes that the potential investors are greedy.
This clearly has a different meaning, but now that "Not one" has a verb ("realizes"), we can apply "are" to investors. (Notice that since "Not one" doesn't make sense by itself, I had to add an extra noun modifier ("of my managers.")
We could also place the main verb after the modifier:
Not one of the potential investors who are greedy will agree to the proposed terms.
Notice here that "are" works correctly with "investors," but only because we added a modifier signal: "who." By adding a modifier directly to "investors," we ensure that the verb applies to them.
2 works exactly the same way. We need a verb for "Not one," so we have to go with is.
3 is different because the word "none" is not definitively singular or plural. It takes its singular/plural status from the context of the sentence:
None of the ice cream is fresh.
None of my friends are here.
You can memorize the words that work this way with the acronym SANAM: Some, Any, None, All, More/Most.
16 Aug 2015, 10:44
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Thanks a lot Dmitry. I understand it now.
I have gone through the MGMAT SANAM pronouns. It is mentioned that None is not singular/plural and it will depend on the context of the sentence.
So in this sentence are is correct. - RIGHT?
None of the potential investors are expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger
agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were not to be concluded.
I have gone through the MGMAT SANAM pronouns. It is mentioned that None is not singular/plural and it will depend on the context of the sentence.
So in this sentence are is correct. - RIGHT?
None of the potential investors are expected to make an offer to buy First Interstate Bank until a merger
agreement is signed that includes a provision for penalties if the deal were not to be concluded.
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