galafgon wrote:
This is a perfect counter example. Please explain the options A and Options B wrt this example.
Do you mean this example?
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What about this sentence - I have bought a notebook and a pen that contains blue ink. Is this sentence wrong? If yes then ok. If no, then option A and B are debatable.
That sentence is correct, but the meaning conveyed by the sentence in this question is such that it makes more sense to use the plural "bring."
Here's the original version of the sentence.
Virtually undisturbed for the last three centuries on their starkly beautiful islands near the edge of the Arctic Circle, the inhabitants of the Lofotens have evolved folkways and a life-style that bring warmth to their harsh environment.
Notice that the logical meaning for the sentence to express is not simply that the inhabitants have evolved folkways. Basically any group of people who live together would evolve folkways. So, there wouldn't really be any point to saying simply that they evolved folkways, along with something else, "a life-style that brings warmth."
What makes sense is to say that they evolved two things that bring warmth to their harsh environment, "folkways and a life-style." That fact warrants stating.
I realize that that meaning issue is subtle and that it's not 100 percent clear that the (B) version is incorrect, but the above explains why (B) is considered incorrect even though that notebook and pen sentence is correct.