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18 Mar 2021, 05:38
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Seems to be little confused in : one of Y xx(verb) / one of X who xx(verb)
Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle.
If the question were:
ONE out of every four automobile owners in the United States also owns a bicycle.
Then Own should be owns?
Subject-verb agreement: X of Y matches with X?
2. What if the question were:
The one out of every four automobile owners who also owns/own a bicycle xxxx-->Should it be own or owns?
2ii. what if The is not present
One[/color] out of every four automobile owners who also owns/own a bicycle xxxx
please clarify AjiteshArun EducationAisle chetan2u svasan05 generis
Three out of every four automobile owners in the United States also own a bicycle.
If the question were:
ONE out of every four automobile owners in the United States also owns a bicycle.
Then Own should be owns?
Subject-verb agreement: X of Y matches with X?
2. What if the question were:
The one out of every four automobile owners who also owns/own a bicycle xxxx-->Should it be own or owns?
2ii. what if The is not present
One[/color] out of every four automobile owners who also owns/own a bicycle xxxx
please clarify AjiteshArun EducationAisle chetan2u svasan05 generis
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Hi KarishmaB, can you please confirm if we can eliminate options C/D/E because they changes the meaning of sentence, the original sentence says that owners own a bicycle not bicycles while C/D/E says that they own bicycles.
22 Mar 2022, 03:15
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There is no "original sentence". Nothing makes option (A) better than the others. It has a 20% chance of being correct, just like each of the other 4. We need to look for the option that is logical i.e. accurate in meaning. What is the intent of the sentence? It tells us that 75% automobile owners own bicycles too. Of course bicycles are owned by people who don't own automobiles too.
(C) distorts that meaning and says instead that bicycles are owned by automobile owners (as if no one else owns bicycles)
Otherwise both of the following are correct:
Many people in my area own a bicycle.
or
Many people in my area own bicycles. (though this might make us wonder whether each owns multiple bicycles, which is possible)
(D) has subject verb agreement error (singular verb for plural subject) and (E) has modifier error (Out of every four owners of automobiles in the United States, three own ... would be correct)
