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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with the ritualistic murders.

(A) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(B) are common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name with
(C) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name to
(D) is common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(E) is common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name to

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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, 02 Nov 2007, 16:17
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My answer is D. First praise singualar so you need "is", that way A, B, C out. Between D and E, D is correct because statistics is plural therefore u need "show".

Note statistics as a subject is singular like Mathematics, physics etc, but as a collection of data (another one "data") it is plural. This is my take.
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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, 02 Nov 2007, 16:23
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My answer is D. First praise singualar so you need "is", that way A, B, C out. Between D and E, D is correct because statistics is plural therefore u need "show".

Note statistics as a subject is singular like Mathematics, physics etc, but as a collection of data (another one "data") it is plural. This is my take.
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Thanks Soomodh.

Would you please give me some examples where statistics is used as singluar and plural. As far as I can see, in D statistics is the subject at its place?

Manhattan SC book says that statistics is a singular subject and not to confuse with plural.
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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, 02 Nov 2007, 16:47
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On the way, I will send you more details later, need to go out soon. But this is what is in Miriam-Webster dictionary and I found some other details on a website. I will try to get that and will post.

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noun plural but singular or plural in construction
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Ontheway, this should help:

Some words may look plural in form (end in s) but are singular in sense. Use a singular verb in these instances. Examples: The news is not good. Physics is a a challenging subject. This can be tricky. For instance, statistics is a singular noun when it refers to the field of statistics but a plural noun when it refers to a bunch of numbers: Statistics involves (singular) the study of numerical relationships. Statistics show (plural) that the Democrats may win the next election.


So MGMAT is correct, but in this sentence statistics (probably from surveys, calls to people etc) show Americans, not used as a field of science. Did that help?
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Thanks a lot Soomodh :)
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one thing more for support of D..."associate his name with" is idiomatic while associate to is not ..as in E
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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with the ritualistic murders.

(A) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(B) are common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name with
(C) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name to
(D) is common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(E) is common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name to

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D. Certainly a big trap but go for D for correct idiom "associated with".

imo, "statistics" can be plural or singular depending where and how it is used. "statistics" as a subject should be singular where as it as data should be plural.


but i take D for the correct idiom "associated with x" not "associated to x".
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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, 03 Nov 2007, 05:44
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Praise for Johny Starstruck and his entourage are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with the ritualistic murders.

(A) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(B) are common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name with
(C) are common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name to
(D) is common, although statistics show Americans still associate his name with
(E) is common, although statistics shows Americans still associate his name to

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D. 'Praise' requires 'is' and correct idiom is 'associate x with y'. Leaves only D.



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