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SandhyaIyer
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Location: United States
Concentration: Marketing, General Management
Schools: Anderson '17 CBS EMBA"17 Marshall '17 Yale '17
GPA: 3.75
WE:Information Technology (Computer Software)
07 Jan 2015, 15:09
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I have a doubt in the following sentence:
It is the Project Planning and the Marketing Strategy of the Performing Arts that excite me.
Is it excite or excites? Could you please explain
It is the Project Planning and the Marketing Strategy of the Performing Arts that excite me.
Is it excite or excites? Could you please explain
07 Jan 2015, 21:43
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This should read:
"The Project Planning and Marketing Strategy of the Performing Arts excite me."
It should be "excite" since the subject is plural. Strike out the "It is" at the beginning, since "It" is singular.
"The Project Planning and Marketing Strategy of the Performing Arts excite me."
It should be "excite" since the subject is plural. Strike out the "It is" at the beginning, since "It" is singular.
07 Jan 2015, 21:59
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Hi SandhyaIyer,
What is the source of this sentence?
I ask because the phrases "Project Planning" and "Marketing Strategy" are both capitalized, so it's unclear whether they are meant to be TWO different aspects of the "Performing Arts" (which is also capitalized) or if the ENTIRE PHRASE is meant to be ONE thing (for example, a book titled "Project Planning and Marketing Strategy for the Performing Arts"). Without knowing the "intent" of the sentence (re: is this MEANT to be singular or plural), we don't have a clear answer. Personally, I think that it's meant to be a plural subject, but we don't have proof either way. This type of ambiguity almost never occurs on the Official GMAT; in the rare circumstances that it does, the 5 answer choices are almost always written in such a way so as to clear up the ambiguity.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
What is the source of this sentence?
I ask because the phrases "Project Planning" and "Marketing Strategy" are both capitalized, so it's unclear whether they are meant to be TWO different aspects of the "Performing Arts" (which is also capitalized) or if the ENTIRE PHRASE is meant to be ONE thing (for example, a book titled "Project Planning and Marketing Strategy for the Performing Arts"). Without knowing the "intent" of the sentence (re: is this MEANT to be singular or plural), we don't have a clear answer. Personally, I think that it's meant to be a plural subject, but we don't have proof either way. This type of ambiguity almost never occurs on the Official GMAT; in the rare circumstances that it does, the 5 answer choices are almost always written in such a way so as to clear up the ambiguity.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
