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The book finally cleared my confusion regarding "people". So "people" can be both singular or plural. However, could I get an example in which "people" is singular?

I was unable to think of a sentence in which "people" is singular. Since I am a native speaker, by default I use "person" for singular usage

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Sure. People is most of the time used as plural in common speech and communication.
However, You can say Peoples of the world (plural of the singular word people) or an example I found online "The Japanese are an industrious people"
It is definitely limited in use as a singular noun.
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In the example "The Japanese are an industrious people" how is the word "people" singular? Doesn't it refer back to the plural noun "Japanese"?
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The book finally cleared my confusion regarding "people". So "people" can be both singular or plural. However, could I get an example in which "people" is singular?

I was unable to think of a sentence in which "people" is singular. Since I am a native speaker, by default I use "person" for singular usage

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Sure. People is most of the time used as plural in common speech and communication.
However, You can say Peoples of the world (plural of the singular word people) or an example I found online "The Japanese are an industrious people"
It is definitely limited in use as a singular noun.
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In the above SC is "people" singular? since the article "a" is placed before "people"
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The book finally cleared my confusion regarding "people". So "people" can be both singular or plural. However, could I get an example in which "people" is singular?

I was unable to think of a sentence in which "people" is singular. Since I am a native speaker, by default I use "person" for singular usage

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Sure. People is most of the time used as plural in common speech and communication.
However, You can say Peoples of the world (plural of the singular word people) or an example I found online "The Japanese are an industrious people"
It is definitely limited in use as a singular noun.



https://gmatclub.com/forum/originally-i ... 27033.html

In the above SC is "people" singular? since the article "a" is placed before "people"
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In that example it was, hence it required "an" article. Please note that I have not seen GMAC test "PEOPLE" as singular vs. plural and in my experience is is Plural on the GMAT (and almost always so in the real world but not always :cool:)
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Hi,
I noticed that Question 11 of Practice test 2 of the Grammar Book has an error. The underlined portion of the sentence is different from the first option (A).

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Thanks! I’ll take a look and fix it ASAP. Will upload a new version once I am done.


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I noticed that Question 11 of Practice test 2 of the Grammar Book has an error. The underlined portion of the sentence is different from the first option (A).

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Hello,
In question 17 of Practice Test 2,

Referring to the dangerous cliffs that were located near the back of their new home, the boys’ mother advised that they not play close to them.

the choices reduced to a) and e). In case of (e), if seems like the infinitive "to play" is placed wrongly after not that results as the sentence sounds strange "advised that they not to play" instead of (a) which is "advised that they not play"

Is the answer choice specified in the book the correct usage?

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Thanks! I agree with you - it does sound off. I can see it being "are not to play" or "not play"
I am checking this with our grammar expert (sorry I am a tad slow here).

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In question 17 of Practice Test 2,

Referring to the dangerous cliffs that were located near the back of their new home, the boys’ mother advised that they not play close to them.

the choices reduced to a) and e). In case of (e), if seems like the infinitive "to play" is placed wrongly after not that results as the sentence sounds strange "advised that they not to play" instead of (a) which is "advised that they not play"

Is the answer choice specified in the book the correct usage?

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Thanks again for your help!
I have updated the 2 questions in Test 2 and caught another spacing issue in question 11.
It is now fixed and the updated edition uploaded.

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In question 17 of Practice Test 2,

Referring to the dangerous cliffs that were located near the back of their new home, the boys’ mother advised that they not play close to them.

the choices reduced to a) and e). In case of (e), if seems like the infinitive "to play" is placed wrongly after not that results as the sentence sounds strange "advised that they not to play" instead of (a) which is "advised that they not play"

Is the answer choice specified in the book the correct usage?

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Hello,
I picked up a few more issues:

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In this question, the non-underlined portion "to sail the seas of its day" seems to sound awkward. Was the intent to say that it was the largest ship of its day to sail the seas, rather than "the largest ship to sail the seas of its day"...
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42. The Titanic was the largest ship to sail the seas of its day and it was sunk by hitting a large floating glacier on its maiden voyage to New York City.
a) day and it was sunk
b) day, it was sunk
c) day which had been sank
d) day and it was being sunken
e) day, that was sank

2) chapter 30 refers to adverbs as averbs
3) Practice test 3 - question 5 - travel is misspelt as travek in one of the answer choices.

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this book is love. Helps me a lot. You guys should try this.! You will love this.
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I’m sorry, I missed your Post. P.m. is probably more reliable as I get a ton of reply notifications and they disappear quickly from me. I will be updating the grammar book today 👍


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I picked up a few more issues:

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In this question, the non-underlined portion "to sail the seas of its day" seems to sound awkward. Was the intent to say that it was the largest ship of its day to sail the seas, rather than "the largest ship to sail the seas of its day"...
Practice Test 3:
42. The Titanic was the largest ship to sail the seas of its day and it was sunk by hitting a large floating glacier on its maiden voyage to New York City.
a) day and it was sunk
b) day, it was sunk
c) day which had been sank
d) day and it was being sunken
e) day, that was sank

2) chapter 30 refers to adverbs as averbs
3) Practice test 3 - question 5 - travel is misspelt as travek in one of the answer choices.

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Hi! are there explanations of the practice questions somewhere? or do we need to individually search on gmat club?
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Hi. Sorry, no explanations 😬 just an answer letter... just like Gmat prep.

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thanks - generally are those questions discussed on the forum?
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Give it a search :-)
I think so. The ones that are trickier for sure. We have just released the second edition and the first one has been out for a few years so most should have been asked ;-)
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What if someone is starting fresh and is new to GMAT?? Is this the book one needs to use to master GMAT-SC or this has to be supplemented with MGMAT SC??

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Hey, I have recently started preparing for GMAT, and being a non-native Indian speaker, I'm finding Sentence Correction a tough nut to crack, how do I go about learning the grammar basics? Is the Ultimate Grammar book more than sufficient or it's recommended to use additional resources for English grammar: website, online or offline whatever- would be really helpful to get an idea.
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Maybe there is a Typo

Page no. 24

This knife is dull. Please give me another.
(an + other + singular noun = any other knife – not specific)

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Thank you! You suggesting it should just written as "another" instead of "an + other" which is not very human?

This section was revised from the first edition.
I believe the example specifically wanted to point out the indefinite "an" article with other (any other as opposed to the other - specifically). That is why it is an+other vs another (i think :angel: )


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Page no. 24

This knife is dull. Please give me another.
(an + other + singular noun = any other knife – not specific)

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page 178 question 4
I know its trying to echo the question here
https://gmatclub.com/forum/analysts-bla ... 20828.html
but i dont think option E is the right answer
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