television shows

kiranlegend · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: television shows

Out of the public's interest in details of and conflicts in other people's lives have grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing "regular" people onto the television screen with increasing frequency.

(a) other people's lives have grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing

(b) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing

(c) another person's life has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that is bringing

(d) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that is bringing

(e) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that bring

Aldiablo · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:11 am Post subject:

IMO B

mutuslick · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

IMO E

public's interest - is singular and "television shows that" is plural, so

B or E. I prefered E

What is OA?

reachac · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject:

IMO D

sibbineni · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject:

IMO D

ildude02 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject:

B is my pick.

krishnaraju · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

Interest..Has n Booming market is...so I go with D

Mahalo · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:

"other people's lives has grown a booming market" is correct - eliminate (A) and (C).

(B) "television shows that are bringing"
(D) "television shows that is bringing" - incorrect
(E) "television shows that bring" - concise

Hence (E)

umaa · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

IMO E.

OA Pls.