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Q. The telecom minister had been indicted by the Supreme court in the 2G spectrum scam, which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer
In the above example why is the use of “had been indicted”correct? Shouldn’t it be “has been indicted”? The scam ‘resulted’ is in the past and is used as a descriptive phrase. The first part is the main clause and is neither dependant on nor determines the tense of the descriptive phrase.
Can someone please explain?
Q. Here are two more sentences ; which one of the two do you like more?
1. Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided with whom I would like to meet.
2. Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided who to meet with.
Aristotle GMAT says the second one is correct. Although, shouldn’t the 2nd sentence be
“Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided whom to meet with.”?
Q. Where vs. When
Are the sentences “When the price goes up, the demand falls down.” And “The Company where I work has gone bankrupt.” Incorrect?
I am unable to identify the flaw.
Q. I am confused between the use of "the only one of" vs. "only one of". Can you please help on the below? I read in one of the explanation in “100 Amazing SC questions” that "the only one of" takes Singular and "only one of" takes Plural
1. Apple is only one of the words that (starts/ start) with A.
2. Yawn is the only one of many words that (make/ makes) sense.
In the above example why is the use of “had been indicted”correct? Shouldn’t it be “has been indicted”? The scam ‘resulted’ is in the past and is used as a descriptive phrase. The first part is the main clause and is neither dependant on nor determines the tense of the descriptive phrase.
Can someone please explain?
Q. Here are two more sentences ; which one of the two do you like more?
1. Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided with whom I would like to meet.
2. Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided who to meet with.
Aristotle GMAT says the second one is correct. Although, shouldn’t the 2nd sentence be
“Among all the applicants, I haven't yet decided whom to meet with.”?
Q. Where vs. When
Are the sentences “When the price goes up, the demand falls down.” And “The Company where I work has gone bankrupt.” Incorrect?
I am unable to identify the flaw.
Q. I am confused between the use of "the only one of" vs. "only one of". Can you please help on the below? I read in one of the explanation in “100 Amazing SC questions” that "the only one of" takes Singular and "only one of" takes Plural
1. Apple is only one of the words that (starts/ start) with A.
2. Yawn is the only one of many words that (make/ makes) sense.
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18 Aug 2014, 12:11
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THE one of X is always singular, because of THE
one of X is also singular
one of X THAT/WHO can be singular plural depending on X.....say
one of the BOYS WHO.......ARE...and not IS.......as boys is plural so the plural verb accords
whereas,
one of the boys IS naughty.......here no that/who......so ( one of X , as usual, is singular and the sing verb IS comes in )
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one of X is also singular
one of X THAT/WHO can be singular plural depending on X.....say
one of the BOYS WHO.......ARE...and not IS.......as boys is plural so the plural verb accords
whereas,
one of the boys IS naughty.......here no that/who......so ( one of X , as usual, is singular and the sing verb IS comes in )
hope that helps
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Would agree that has been (a present perfect) should be used. Not sure though, what you mean by descriptive phrase. The modifier which resulted in a loss of about $1.7 trillion to the exchequer is actually a relative clause.
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Second is not correct, because on GMAT, modifier clauses should not end in a preposition (in this case with). For example, following would be incorrect:
This is the truck he met an accident with.
- The modifier clause he met an accident with again ends with a preposition with, and would be considered incorrect on GMAT.
Correct sentence would be:
This is the truck with which he met an accident.
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If you could give a more GMAT kind of sentence, perhaps we would be able to give more relevant response.
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Actually you don't need to memorize these rules. Notice the meaning difference between these sentences (SC is all about meaning!)
Apple is only one of the words that start with A.
Meaning: What this means is that there are many words that start with A; notice that that is modifying (describing) words and hence, the verb should be start. Apple is just one example of one such word.
Yawn is the only one of many words that makes sense.
Meaning: What this means is that there are many words, none of which make sense. However, the only one that does make sense is Yam. Notice that that cannot modify words, because then it would mean that words make sense. This is the opposite of the intended meaning: the intended meaning is that words don't make sense; the only word that makes sense is Yam.
p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses all of the above (perfect tense, modifier clause ending in preposition, and the only one case above), their application and examples in significant detail. If you can PM you email-id, I can send you the corresponding section.
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