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The McMillan Glass Factory in the 19th century Europe was different from all other glass factories in that it required its workers  to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers were  untrained.

A. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers were

B. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to had passed a special examination on glass-making skills and none of McMillan's workers was

C. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, with no worker of McMillan being

D. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers was

E. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, resulting in none of McMillan's workers being

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sumit99kr · Answer

None of McMillan's workers  were  untrained- were is incorrect, None-singular, so  was untrained  would be correct.

either X or Y is correct usage with X and Y maintaining parallelism.

D. either  to have taken a  systematic course in glass-making or  to have passed a  special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers  was  - X and Y are parallel, none is used with was.

Hence I would go with D.

innochandan · Answer

Can some one enlighten on how 'none of the mcmilan's workers' is singular. None is the part of SANAM pronouns. And why is it not applicable here?

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prateekgupta95 · Answer

I chose D since it had the proper "either...or" construction, but I have the same question as innochandan. According to grammar rules "none" is classified under the indefinite pronouns category that could be either singular or plural. Since none is referring to workers shouldn't the last sentence be were instead of was?

jaykayes · Answer

The indefinite pronoun "none" works as both, a singular and a plural pronoun.
It must match the object of the preposition "of".
In this instance, the object is "McMillan's workers".
This can be viewed as a collective noun, hence singular.
Another way of looking at it is: "...  not a single one   of the McMillan workers   was   ..."

pranjall19 · Answer

why are options C and E incorrect?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

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To answer your query, C and E are not actually incorrect; they are just needlessly indirect and wordy, making them inferior to D.

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Ush123 · Answer

Option E - Is usage of resulting correct?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Ush123 ,

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To answer your query, yes; the use of "resulting" as part of a "comma + present participle ("verb+ing")" construction is perfectly correct in Option E

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sumit99kr · Answer

None of Mcmilan's workers- This can be re-written as-  Not even one  of Mcmilan's workers.
None is equivalent to  not even one .
Not even one is equal to ZERO in this case and hence singular.

Bunuel · Answer

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Noida · Answer

For option E, if we think of resulting as an -ing modifier, can the meaning of the sentence be construed as “the test or the exam…..resulting in none of the workers being untrained.”?

By this logic, option D simply puts together two different sentences using a semi-colon, and option E makes more sense as it logically connects them.

Can someone explain what am I getting wrong?

ExpertsGlobal5 · Answer

Hello  Noida ,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, the use of a semicolon to join two sentences can implicitly convey a connection between them, as such the construction "resulting in none of McMillan's workers being" is, indeed, the wordier and less direct way to phrase this part of the sentence, making Option E the inferior choice.

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brt · Answer

The McMillan Glass Factory in the 19th century Europe was different from all other glass factories in that it required its workers to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers were untrained.

A. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers were

B. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to had passed a special examination on glass-making skills and none of McMillan's workers was

C. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, with no worker of McMillan being

D. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers was

E. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, resulting in none of McMillan's workers being

None of the workers takes a singular verb so were trained is wrong. parallelism between either to have taken or to have passed. when two independent clauses are joined without a subordinating or a coordinating conjunction then we can separate the two clauses by a semi-colon. So the ans is D

arbazfatmi1994 · Answer

The McMillan Glass Factory in the 19th century Europe was different from all other glass factories in that it required its workers  to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers were untrained.

A. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or passing a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers  were

It is incorrect because of subject-verb agreement

B. to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to  had  passed a special examination on glass-making skills and none of McMillan's workers was

Wrong use of past perfect, because the effect of the action didn't end in the present

C. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, with no worker of McMillan being

Use of being is making is sound bad. We have a better option in D, so we can eliminate it

D. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills; none of McMillan's workers was

It is correct

E. either to have taken a systematic course in glass-making or to have passed a special examination on glass-making skills, resulting in none of McMillan's workers being

Use of being is making is sound bad. We have a better option in D, so we can eliminate it

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