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According to "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC":
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When "of" is preceded by a singular noun and followed by a plural one, the rule is to conjugate the following verb with the plural noun if the latter can perform the action conveyed. Otherwise, conjugate it with the singular noun preceding "of".
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One of the students believes that math is boring.
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Can't the students believe that math is boring. "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC" doesn't seem to think so. Can anyone explain this?



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According to "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC":
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When "of" is preceded by a singular noun and followed by a plural one, the rule is to conjugate the following verb with the plural noun if the latter can perform the action conveyed. Otherwise, conjugate it with the singular noun preceding "of".
That said, take a look at this sentence:
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One of the students believes that math is boring.

Can't the students believe that math is boring. "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC" doesn't seem to think so. Can anyone explain this?
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According to "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC":
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When "of" is preceded by a singular noun and followed by a plural one, the rule is to conjugate the following verb with the plural noun if the latter can perform the action conveyed. Otherwise, conjugate it with the singular noun preceding "of".
That said, take a look at this sentence:
Quote:
One of the students believes that math is boring.

Can't the students believe that math is boring. "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC" doesn't seem to think so. Can anyone explain this?
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According to "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC":
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When "of" is preceded by a singular noun and followed by a plural one, the rule is to conjugate the following verb with the plural noun if the latter can perform the action conveyed. Otherwise, conjugate it with the singular noun preceding "of".
That said, take a look at this sentence:
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One of the students believes that math is boring.

Can't the students believe that math is boring. "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC" doesn't seem to think so. Can anyone explain this?
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According to "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC":
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When "of" is preceded by a singular noun and followed by a plural one, the rule is to conjugate the following verb with the plural noun if the latter can perform the action conveyed. Otherwise, conjugate it with the singular noun preceding "of".
That said, take a look at this sentence:
Quote:
One of the students believes that math is boring.

Can't the students believe that math is boring. "An Amateur's Approach to GMAT SC" doesn't seem to think so. Can anyone explain this?
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Have a look at the below example... I hope it helps you to understand the concept...

"One of the students that believe that math is boring believes that chemistry is interesting"
the first "that" refers to "students", therefore the verb should be plural "believe". The second part of the sentence uses the verb "believes", because it refers to the subject "ONE of the students".



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