Out of America's fascination with all things antique have grown a

And this is the reason we should focus on logic. "that" usually modifies the noun before it. But this is an official question and here, that modifies a noun far away from it - a noun which matches it in number (singular "that is" with singular "market") and is reasonable in context (a market can bring back particular pieces of furniture).
Since the official question places 'that' far away from its noun, there is no debate.
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Hi EducationAisle
I am bit confused with the highlighted part! Are you saying that 'fascination' is the subject of IS? Could you clarify the matter, please?
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Eliminate A, D as HAVE cannot refer to Market, Has does

eliminate C, E as the action of Bring is perfomed by Market and not by bygone styles of furniture and fixtures
As market is singular, we need brings

Hi TheUltimateWinner, I can understand how this could lead to confusion.

Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

So, it's like this:

Market...has grown...

Market...is bringing back...

Sorry for the confusion.
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GMATNinja, egmat, GMATninja2 hi, I thought antique as the subject here and based on that I have chosen option B, but the subject here is a market, which is after a verb. can u please explain y it is the subject? also can u please provide a few more examples of this sort where the verb precedes the subject.

Hello Manoj1998,

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Having gone through the question and your query, we believe that we can help resolve your doubt.

When identifying the subject of a sentence, it is important to consider meaning. The subject is whatever takes action; this means that the subject is whatever the active verb refers to. In this case, the active verb is "has grown", and it refers to "market" because it is the market that has taken the action of growing. Some other examples of the particular structure that this sentence employs are "From humble beginnings, can rise great people." "In the hut, lived the old man."

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It's a more unusual (and therefore harder to spot) structure, but sometimes the subject of a verb does come after the verb.

A common structure for this is like the sentence in this question:

[modifier] [verb] [subject]

For example:

Under the ocean live many creatures so unusual looking that they could be from other planets.

In the fancy apartment building live some of the wealthiest people in the city.

Exemplifying the degradation of standards in architectural practices are the building recently constructed in the city that seems to be little more than a tall box, and the bridge that was finished last year, which is functional but hardly pleasant on the eyes.



Similar agreement needs to be found in 'there is' or 'there are' clauses.

There IS a dog on the corner.

There ARE a dog and a cat on the corner.

At the end of the street, there are a bagel shop that makes its bagels fresh every morning and a cafe that imports fine coffee from Brazil.
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I chose B, because other options are simply even worse than B, however I do not feel fully comfortable with the sentence itself.
From my understanding, if I have "that ...." after a noun, then "that..." should refer to the noun it follows (in this case "fixtures"). In this case it makes no logical sense as fixtures don't bring back anything, it's obvious that we need to refer back to "market", but it doesn't seem to me like the construction indicates it.
Is there some rule I could apply in this situation?

Option B for the reference:
Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

You are absolutely correct. There is tremendous flexibility that "that" exercises, based on what makes sense. In this case, since it makes sense for "that" to modify "market", "that" will modify "market".

In fact, there are numerous such official examples:

Written in ink or engraved by stylus, more than 2,000 letters and documents on wooden tablets excavated at the site of the old roman fort at Vindolanda in northern England are yielding a historical account of the military garrison in the first and second centuries that is as vivid in its details of personal life as that gathered from Pompeii.

Stock levels for domestic crude oil are far lower than in past years, leaving domestic oil prices vulnerable to any hints of oil supply disruptions in the Middle East or any unexpected growth in consumer demand that might be prompted by colder-than-normal temperatures.

p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses modifier issues with "that", their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
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Many thanks. It helped me to structure my understanding a bit

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- what is bringing back the (i) chaise lounge, the (ii) overstuffed sofa, and (iii) claw-footed bathtub ?

I dont see how a "market" can bring back (i), (ii), and (iii)

A market can "contain" / "sell" / "Display" -- these 3 items (in the bold)
example - Walmart sells a chaise lounge, Amazon sells overstuffed sofas, and Target Store displays a claw-footed bathtub.

Instead of "Market" returning these items -- It makes much more sense to say "bygone styles" are bringing back these 3 items of furniture

It is OLD STYLES that is bringing back these old styles of furniture styles (for example - the claw-footed bathtub is a STYLE of a bathtub)

I don't think so. Those things you list ARE the old styles. The old styles aren't bringing the items of the old styles back, *something* is bringing back the old styles, and those are examples of the old styles.

Also, it's worth noting that 'market' here doesn't mean an actual market-place. "Market" can also mean, like... 'the general commercial desires of the populace.'

So we have:

...things antique has grown a market [a general commercial desire] for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back [some specific examples of those bygone styles of furniture].
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'market' means 'demand' here.
There is no market for this product. (doesn't mean there is no place from where you can buy it but that there is no demand for it)

... market has brought back these styles ...
means demand for these styles has come back.

Even if it were a real marketplace, we could say "the market has brought back old styles ..." which could mean that the market is stocking them.
The examples given are examples of the "bygone styles." So "bygone styles" cannot bring back these pieces. These pieces are bygone styles.

Additionally, English doesn't insist on being absolutely literal.
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I eliminated A and B due to “things antique” construction. Can someone explain if there actually is a slit on the basis of “antique” adjective/modifier at the start of every option?

Either works - 'things antique' or 'antique things'

Think of the relative clause: Out of America's fascination with all things that are antique has grown ...
It is reduced to:
Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown ...
or
Out of America's fascination with all antique things has grown ...
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The sentence tells us that a market for bygone styles of furniture has grown out of America’s fascination with all things antique. That is because of America’s fascination with all things antique, this market has evolved.

(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

The subject is singular ‘a market’ so the verb should be singular ‘has grown.’ Hence, options (A) and (D) are incorrect.

(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

Also, this market is bringing back the chaise lounge etc. So ‘that’ refers to the singular ‘market.’ Hence, we need to write ‘that is bringing…’ not ‘that are bringing.’
We will also not use ‘that bring back…’ because this is not done routinely or as a matter of habit. The market doesn’t routinely bring back chaise lounge etc. Hence options (A), (C), (D) and (E) are incorrect.
Also, ‘things that are antiques’ is more indirect than ‘things antique’ or ‘antique things.’ Hence, option (C) is less preferable.

(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

Option (B) is correct.
Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

Here, note that ‘that’ stands for ‘market’ which is not immediately before ‘that.’ We have a prepositional phrase describing the market in between. There is no other place to put this prepositional phrase and we need it to explain the kind of market that has grown. Hence, this usage is acceptable. ‘That’ here does not refer to ‘furniture and fixtures.’ ‘Furniture and fixtures’ are not bringing back the chaise lounge etc. The growing market is bringing them back.

Answer (B)
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