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24 Mar 2020, 08:56
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Hello All,
I am confused by these two questions one after the other on their subject verb agreement.
In Question 739 - In some types of pine tree, a thick layer of needles protects the buds from which new growth proceeds; consequently they are able to withstand forest fires relatively well.
In my understanding and from what I've read, in the underlined portion "layer" is the noun which "protects" is agreeing with.
In Question 740 - The Tourism commission has conducted surveys of hotels in the most popular resorts, with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of guests who express overall dissatisfaction with the hotels' service.
I am so confused by this question, as I thought "the number" would be the noun that express is agreeing with which would be singular. However, in the answers, it says that it points to "guests" which throws me off because it seems like it is a preposition because the "of" before guests.
Could someone please help me understand why the first question seems to follow this logic of the prepositional addition and the second doesn't?
I am confused by these two questions one after the other on their subject verb agreement.
In Question 739 - In some types of pine tree, a thick layer of needles protects the buds from which new growth proceeds; consequently they are able to withstand forest fires relatively well.
In my understanding and from what I've read, in the underlined portion "layer" is the noun which "protects" is agreeing with.
In Question 740 - The Tourism commission has conducted surveys of hotels in the most popular resorts, with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of guests who express overall dissatisfaction with the hotels' service.
I am so confused by this question, as I thought "the number" would be the noun that express is agreeing with which would be singular. However, in the answers, it says that it points to "guests" which throws me off because it seems like it is a preposition because the "of" before guests.
Could someone please help me understand why the first question seems to follow this logic of the prepositional addition and the second doesn't?
24 Mar 2020, 09:02
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Hello All,
I am confused by these two questions one after the other on their subject verb agreement.
In Question 739 - In some types of pine tree, a thick layer of needles protects the buds from which new growth proceeds; consequently they are able to withstand forest fires relatively well.
In my understanding and from what I've read, in the underlined portion "layer" is the noun which "protects" is agreeing with.
In Question 740 - The Tourism commission has conducted surveys of hotels in the most popular resorts, with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of guests who express overall dissatisfaction with the hotels' service.
I am so confused by this question, as I thought "the number" would be the noun that express is agreeing with which would be singular. However, in the answers, it says that it points to "guests" which throws me off because it seems like it is a preposition because the "of" before guests.
Could someone please help me understand why the first question seems to follow this logic of the prepositional addition and the second doesn't?
I am confused by these two questions one after the other on their subject verb agreement.
In Question 739 - In some types of pine tree, a thick layer of needles protects the buds from which new growth proceeds; consequently they are able to withstand forest fires relatively well.
In my understanding and from what I've read, in the underlined portion "layer" is the noun which "protects" is agreeing with.
In Question 740 - The Tourism commission has conducted surveys of hotels in the most popular resorts, with the ultimate goal of reducing the number of guests who express overall dissatisfaction with the hotels' service.
I am so confused by this question, as I thought "the number" would be the noun that express is agreeing with which would be singular. However, in the answers, it says that it points to "guests" which throws me off because it seems like it is a preposition because the "of" before guests.
Could someone please help me understand why the first question seems to follow this logic of the prepositional addition and the second doesn't?
The first question is discussed in details here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/in-some-type ... 20379.html
The second question is discussed in details here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-tourism- ... 20380.html
Hope it helps.
