Sentence Correction

The relief organization, after two years of fieldwork in Brazil, published a report that demonstrated that as much as one out of eight children live on the streets in conditions of complete poverty.


A.that demonstrated that as much as one out of eight children live on the streets in conditions
B.that demonstrated that as many as one out of eight children living on the streets in conditions
C.which demonstrated that as much as one out of eight children lives on the streets, being
D.that demonstrated that as many as one out of eight children live on the streets in conditions
E.which demonstrated that as many as one out of eight children lives on the streets to be


my doubt: i want to know as what is the subject in the construction "as many as one out of eight children"? is the subject "one" OR "children" OR "many"?

aditya8062 wrote: my doubt: i want to know as what is the subject in the construction "as many as one out of eight children"? is the subject "one" OR "children" OR "many"?

As many as is a MODIFIER; it cannot serve as a subject.
If we omit this modifier, we get:
ONE of eight children LIVES in poverty.
Here, the subject is one (singular).
To agree with the subject, lives (verb) must also be singular.

Ignore the SC above.
It does not have a correct answer.