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Hi Members,
I wanted to share with you my compiled findings for a very specific issue and ask for help in completing my findings. The below sentence still bothers me toward the end of my SC journey, as I still don't fully comprehend the rule behind it. I have poked around and built my own little formula from bits and pieces around the forums, but I am still not at rest.
Example from GMAT prep:
Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by paleontologists.
Let me color code it:
Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by paleontologists.
Extracting:
FOSSILS... have been...
Whale that beached... and was butchered ...
Which leads me to the rule:
ONE OF "PLURAL" + that\who = "PLURAL"
- or -
ONE OF "SINGULAR" + that/who = "SINGULAR"
This should be correct from all I have gathered, feel free to correct me.
A far more confusing example using "one of" - found also on this forum (I have shortened it as I can not find the full version, I believe it is from MGMAT):
Example 2 with "one of":
One of the factors that keep the team alive ...
... Factors that KEEP .. this seems to be the correct agreement (although I saw heavy discussion on this topic).
To complete / add to this sentence, would my own addition be correct?
One of the factors that keep the team alive IS ....
- or - at this point, is "factors" the subject and we should be looking at plural?
One of the factors that keep the team alive ARE ...
While I have my own thoughts, I was wondering if anyone had a concrete answer?
Thanks,
-C
I wanted to share with you my compiled findings for a very specific issue and ask for help in completing my findings. The below sentence still bothers me toward the end of my SC journey, as I still don't fully comprehend the rule behind it. I have poked around and built my own little formula from bits and pieces around the forums, but I am still not at rest.
Example from GMAT prep:
Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by paleontologists.
Let me color code it:
Fossils of a whale that beached on an African shore more than a million years ago and was subsequently butchered by hominids have been recovered by paleontologists.
Extracting:
FOSSILS... have been...
Whale that beached... and was butchered ...
Which leads me to the rule:
ONE OF "PLURAL" + that\who = "PLURAL"
- or -
ONE OF "SINGULAR" + that/who = "SINGULAR"
This should be correct from all I have gathered, feel free to correct me.
A far more confusing example using "one of" - found also on this forum (I have shortened it as I can not find the full version, I believe it is from MGMAT):
Example 2 with "one of":
One of the factors that keep the team alive ...
... Factors that KEEP .. this seems to be the correct agreement (although I saw heavy discussion on this topic).
To complete / add to this sentence, would my own addition be correct?
One of the factors that keep the team alive IS ....
- or - at this point, is "factors" the subject and we should be looking at plural?
One of the factors that keep the team alive ARE ...
While I have my own thoughts, I was wondering if anyone had a concrete answer?
Thanks,
-C
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05 Jun 2012, 20:02
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There are a lot of discussions on this, e.g. :
fossils-of-a-whale-that-beached-on-an-african-shore-more-81590.html
Have you searched them prior to posting your query ?
fossils-of-a-whale-that-beached-on-an-african-shore-more-81590.html
Have you searched them prior to posting your query ?
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05 Jun 2012, 21:36
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I have, I thought my lengthy battle with the topic at hand might show from the post.
My question above is not about the particular example that I have given from GMAT prep. My question is about the rule set, and how to apply it to a broad spectrum of questions. Notice my second example.
There is not much detail on this rule, not even in MGMAT's SC Book from what I have seen. It is interesting how the two examples work, and I am not quite sure how the second one plays out.
Regards,
-C
My question above is not about the particular example that I have given from GMAT prep. My question is about the rule set, and how to apply it to a broad spectrum of questions. Notice my second example.
There is not much detail on this rule, not even in MGMAT's SC Book from what I have seen. It is interesting how the two examples work, and I am not quite sure how the second one plays out.
Regards,
-C
