Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
17 Nov 2023, 02:30
Kudos
Bookmarks
E
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
35%
(medium)
Question Stats:
76% (01:36) correct
24%
(01:45)
wrong
based on 101
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Though the conventional wisdom regarding the effectiveness of former U.S. presidents changes over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has seldom been called into question.
A. changes over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has seldom
B. is changing over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has seldom
C. changes over time, seldom has the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
D. have changed over time, seldom have the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
E. changes over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, have seldom
A. changes over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has seldom
B. is changing over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has seldom
C. changes over time, seldom has the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group of a few, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
D. have changed over time, seldom have the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
E. changes over time, the overwhelmingly positive reputations of the members of a select group, most notably George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, have seldom
17 Nov 2023, 06:24
Kudos
Bookmarks
Imo option E
This sentence is correct because “the overwhelmingly positive reputations” is a plural subject, so it should be paired with the plural verb “have.” Additionally, “changes” is correct because it agrees with the singular subject “conventional wisdom.”
Posted from my mobile device
This sentence is correct because “the overwhelmingly positive reputations” is a plural subject, so it should be paired with the plural verb “have.” Additionally, “changes” is correct because it agrees with the singular subject “conventional wisdom.”
Posted from my mobile device
02 Dec 2023, 05:00
Kudos
Bookmarks
Bunuel
VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:
With so much of the sentence underlined, your primary job here is to determine your actionable decision points. Verbs tend to be a great place to start, and here you have two major points of differentiation that regard to verbs:
1) changes vs. is changing vs. have changed at the beginning of each choice
2) has seldom vs. have seldom at the end of three choices (and in cases like this you'll likely find that same verb elsewhere in the sentence for the other choices)
Since you can find elements of singular-vs.-plural in each decision point, treat this as a subject-verb agreement problem to start. For decision point #1, go back and find the subject of "to change." Here "regarding the effectiveness..." is a participial modifier describing "wisdom," so your subject is the singular "wisdom." Since wisdom is singular, you can eliminate (D) which uses the plural "have."
For the second decision point, go back and find the subject of "has seldom." Again note the presence of several modifiers: "of the members of a select group of a few" and "most notably Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt" are all modifiers expanding on the subject "reputations." Since "reputations" is plural, you must use the plural "have." At the ends of answer choices (A) and (B) you'll see the incorrect singular "has," so you can eliminate those choices. And then in the middle of choice (C) you'll see "seldom has the..." committing the same error, so you can eliminate (C).
Choice (E) uses proper subject-verb agreement throughout and is therefore correct.
