MGMAT SC...Danielle plz help...

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MGMAT SC...Danielle plz help...

by sochatte » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:05 am
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization, admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.
a.admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent
b.admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent
c.admits as members women who can prove lineal descent
d.only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent
e.admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only

I am not able to understand how the subject is singular here?
Could someone provide more example ....

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by sujaysolanki » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:50 am
Dont get confused because of the "Daughters of the American Revolution" ...the organisation collectively as a unit is singular

so we are left with ace

a and e change the meaning with the placement of "only"

Hence i think it shd be C

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by sochatte » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:04 am
the ans is A

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by camitava » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:07 am
sujaysolanki, if u refer the Qs again and the options given, it is very true that only the options having "ADMITS" as verb can be chosen. But here some question regarding selection comes. So we are left with A, C and E. Now in C and E, look at the sentence construction -
admits as members women who
Here members and women both are noun and they are coming together as object. I think we can not chose them for this reason and also the meaning of the sentence is also getting distorted. So IMO A. sochatte, though u have already provided the OA, don't think that I am drawing my conclusion from that.
Correct me If I am wrong


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by sujaysolanki » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:13 am
thnks camitava..but i feel we are still missing out something here ..

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by seekmba » Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:01 pm
Hi sujaysolanki & camitava,

A is correct as the

subject "The Daughters of the American Revolution" is singular coz it a subject phrase & also the verb admits acts on the all the daughters i.e the totality, any noun which signifies something in totality is singular

C is incorrect coz of Clarity of meaning

the OS states that
admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent

whereas choice C states

admits as members women who can prove lineal descent

so the word only is ommited which changes the meaning of the sentence.

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by Danielle » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:13 pm
Here's my take on it guys... (sorry i'm late -- I'm sick)

Daughters of the American Revolution is one organization so it's singular. Therefore the verb has to be plural, 'admits'. That leaves A, C, and E to choose from.

C is wrong because it changes the meaning of the sentence by omitting the word 'only'. The club admits ONLY women who can prove lineage. Without only, looks like any woman can join.

E is wrong because it also changes the meaning of the sentence, but in a different way. By putting only at the end of the sentence. It looks like the only restricts the proof, not the membership. In other words, it does not explain precisely that ONLY certain women get in. It is saying women who can prove only their lineage can get in, which doesn't make much sense.

A is your answer.
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by Suyog » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:16 pm
Danielle wrote:Here's my take on it guys... (sorry i'm late -- I'm sick)

Daughters of the American Revolution is one organization so it's singular. Therefore the verb has to be plural, 'admits'. That leaves A, C, and E to choose from.

Plural subject require plural verb and Singular subject requires singular verb...

isn't it?

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by Danielle » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:43 pm
I made a typo, but the explanation still stands. The singular subject agrees with 'admits', rather than admit. Good looking out, Suyog.
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