Kaplan Premier Program - Q10 - wrong Answer by Kaplan????

desidoc9 · Last edited by desidoc9 on Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:06 pm; edited 1 time in total

Hi

This is the question

A group of students who have begun to clean up Fredrick Law Olmsted's Morningside Park in New York city believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition.

a)
b) believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
c)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
d)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
e)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it

OA = A
I think the correct ans should be D

reachac · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:53 am Post subject:

dude D cant be the answer, 'group' is a collective noun so we gotta have a singular verb form 'believes'

desidoc9 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:40 am Post subject:

Buddy

I thought of that..

Now look at the first line of the para

"A group of students who HAVE"

If the focus is on "group", it should have been "HAS" and BELIEVES

IF the focus is on "students", then it would be "HAVE" and "BELIEVE"

varunrajwade · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

Experts pls help!!!!

Ancientmtk · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject:

A is not parallel....

sibbineni · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

A group of students who have begun to clean up Fredrick Law Olmsted's Morningside Park in New York city believes that the park needs not be to redesigned but to be returned to its former condition.

please verify the red color part it should be not to be instead of not be to

1. group is collective noun so singular verb believes
2. not to be X should be parallel to but to be Y

reachac · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject:

desidoc9 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: