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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   01 Nov 2018, 07:20
The interior minister explained that one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting should be its

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking should be was

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract - Correct

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take - should be the best and also the second part an independent sentence is separated just by a comma

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract - same as D and also changes the meaning.

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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   30 Nov 2018, 23:00
(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2019, 04:07
The interior minister explained that one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting : Their? Not clear

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking: were--> wrong.

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract: correct. correct use of IT

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take: It wrong use.

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract: meaning is changing
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   08 May 2019, 20:50
Vyshak wrote:
A. one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting - Incorrect - Awkward

B. one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking - Incorrect - Subject Verb error

C. one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract - Correct

D. a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take - Incorrect - Fragment

E. among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract - Incorrect - Fragment

Answer: C


Why are D and E fragments ?

Please explain,

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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   21 Jun 2019, 01:03
Solving it using meaning approach:

Intended meaning: The minister is trying to explain to us something. That something is about a characteristic of a proposal. This proposal is a village's planning proposal and the characteristic is that the proposal does not detract....

Only option C hits the point home here
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   30 Jun 2019, 09:57
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adkikani wrote:
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Here is how I would break it down:

The interior minister explained

that (presence of that suggests another dependent clause)

one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was

that

it did not detract from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

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I at times falter for 10 s to know verb for phrases such as one of the best characteristics
The reason why need a singular verb was to refer to above complete phrase and not
a plural verb characteristics is that a noun in the prepositional phrase cannot be a subject of the plural verb - were. Am I correct?


Whether you use singular or plural verb depends on the corresponding subject.

He is one of those kids who live in joint families. ("who live in joint families" modifies "those kids". So we use plural "live". He is one of them)

One of those kids has your jacket. (Who has your jacket? One of the kids, not those kids. You use singular "has")

Some of those kids are my friends. (Who are my friends? Some of those kids. Subject is "some" which is plural so you use "are")

One of those boys who are sitting in the cafeteria is my brother. ("who are sitting in the cafeteria" modifies "those boys" so we use "are". But only one of them is my brother so "is" corresponds to "one")

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Could you throw some light why E is wrong. Although I could correctly choose C but cannot find a reason to eliminate E apart from thinking that "one was" is between commas and can be struck off therby rendering the sentence meaningless. Some posts talk about a missing "that", I cannot make much sense of it.
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2019, 12:10
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Are D and E fragments because they lack a subordinator connecting the dependent and main clause ?

Also in option A if their is replaced by its, will it be correct ? If no then what is the logic behind the verb-Ing being wrong here.

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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   19 Sep 2019, 12:11
Hi

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Are D and E fragments because they lack a subordinator connecting the dependent and main clause ?

Also in option A if their is replaced by its, will it be correct ? If no then what is the logic behind the verb-Ing being wrong here.

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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   06 Nov 2020, 01:09
The interior minister -- subject/noun
explained -- -ed verb
that -- beginning of a subordinate clause
one of the best characteristics of
the village’s planning proposal -- noun phrase
was -- verb
that -- beginning of a subordinate clause
it -- pronoun referring to the village's planning proposal@
did not detract
from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.


although the pronoun, it, is referring to the village's planning proposal (possesive?) the option C cannot be ruled out as pronoun antecedent is not an absolute rule in GMAT GMATNinja can you please help?
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   14 Jan 2021, 06:57
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The interior minister explained that one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract



The interior minister explained one of the village. So the rest of the verb and pronoun will be singular.

(A) Their is plural. OUT

(B) Were should be was and taking should detract.

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract

(D) a best characteristic is wrong. This should be one the best idea and the take should be detrac.

(E) It has awkward construction with "one was and it didn't detract'

The answer is C
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2021, 20:24
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The interior minister explained that one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract

Hello experts, GMATNinja VeritasKarishma generis

official explaination of B
The plural verb were does not agree with the singular subject. Also, the verb takingshould be replaced by the verb detracting.

That means, following newer version is correct?
B-2. one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics was its not detracting

Awaiting your views.
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   14 Apr 2021, 00:44
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Gnpth wrote:
The interior minister explained that one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting from the project’s overall benefit by being a burden on the development budget.

(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting

(B) one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics were its not taking

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract

(D) a best characteristic of the village planning proposal was, it did not take

(E) among the village planning proposal’s best characteristics, one was, it did not detract

Hello experts, GMATNinja VeritasKarishma generis

official explaination of B
The plural verb were does not agree with the singular subject. Also, the verb takingshould be replaced by the verb detracting.

That means, following newer version is correct?
B-2. one of the village’s planning proposal’s best characteristics was its not detracting

Awaiting your views.


I do not understand your question. Please elaborate.
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   18 Apr 2022, 20:18
I am confused. Can their be more than one best Characteristics. In my humble understanding out of the set of characteristics one is the best (superlative). If that is correct then the phrase - one of the best characteristics itself seems to be flawed. Can someone guide please.
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2022, 05:56
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I am confused. Can their be more than one best Characteristics. In my humble understanding out of the set of characteristics one is the best (superlative). If that is correct then the phrase - one of the best characteristics itself seems to be flawed. Can someone guide please.


Hello satyamishra,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, a superlative adjective can, indeed, be used to refer to multiple nouns; such usage simply conveys that these nouns have more of the given quality than any other of their kind; in this case, the usage "one of the best characteristics" means one among an unspecified number of characteristics that are better than the other characteristics of the proposal.

We hope this helps.
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2022, 11:36
Hi MartyTargetTestPrep

as far as I know "X's Y" can be translated as "Y of X" e.g. <Marty's power> or <power of Marty>

If applied to A & C we get;
(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting
one of the [best characteristics of village planning proposal] was...

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract
one of the best characteristics of the [planning proposal of village] was

So I believe A is more logical in this sense because one is village planning proposal it gives you that ministry is talking about a general proposal regarding villages where in C it seems that there is some random unnamed village and we have planning proposal for this very village

Doesn't it make C weird in terms of meaning?
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Re: The interior minister explained that one of the village planning [#permalink] New post   13 Nov 2022, 14:38
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Hi MartyTargetTestPrep

as far as I know "X's Y" can be translated as "Y of X" e.g. <Marty's power> or <power of Marty>

If applied to A & C we get;
(A) one of the village planning proposal’s best characteristics was their not detracting
one of the [best characteristics of village planning proposal] was...

(C) one of the best characteristics of the village’s planning proposal was that it did not detract
one of the best characteristics of the [planning proposal of village] was

So I believe A is more logical in this sense because one is village planning proposal it gives you that ministry is talking about a general proposal regarding villages where in C it seems that there is some random unnamed village and we have planning proposal for this very village

Doesn't it make C weird in terms of meaning?

A sentence could be about some random village. Thus, the meaning conveyed by the (C) version isn't illogical or implausible.

So, the (C) version is fine.
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