In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell
(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall
(C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall
(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls
(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen
IN the previous forum(2 yrs old) the OA was discussed as D.
I strongly disagree.
Can anyone highlight ?
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Can you please let me know which part leads you to the disagreement with OA? i have highlighted the options because of which they are wrong.bblast wrote:In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell
(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall
(C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall
(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls
(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen
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we are saying shatters and falls for :
as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material
but is this stem not plural ???
as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material
but is this stem not plural ???
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as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem materialbblast wrote:we are saying shatters and falls for :
as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material
but is this stem not plural ???
Hmm!! the Verb is singular as it means 20% of the A and B type of material
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I got it as D, just for tense and S-V agreement
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
So we need Present tense as we will using this procedure & Subject ( material) is singular here so we would need singular verb.
(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell [Past tense]
(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall [plural]
(C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall [future tense]
(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls [correct - present & singular]
(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen [ Present perfect]
That was my way to find D as Ans. Other can share there approaches.
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell to the ground.
So we need Present tense as we will using this procedure & Subject ( material) is singular here so we would need singular verb.
(A) which is the most nutritious of all the parts of the plant, shattered and fell [Past tense]
(B) the most nutritious of all parts of the plant, shatter and fall [plural]
(C) the parts of the plant which were most nutritious, will shatter and fall [future tense]
(D) the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls [correct - present & singular]
(E) parts of the plant which are the most nutritious, have shattered and fallen [ Present perfect]
That was my way to find D as Ans. Other can share there approaches.
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ok, agreed to shovan and target 2009,
but what about :
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
if material is the subject--shatters and falls is correct but then why are we saying-"the most nutritious parts of the plant"
I think I need to ignore the modifier between the commmas altogether ?
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material,the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
aha i think i got this one now ? please confirm
but what about :
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
if material is the subject--shatters and falls is correct but then why are we saying-"the most nutritious parts of the plant"
I think I need to ignore the modifier between the commmas altogether ?
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material,the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
aha i think i got this one now ? please confirm
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one more doubt from sahil's notes, similiar one,
please quote and help.
for SVA sahil says :
In laws of motion, there is a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and in motion. Incorrect
In laws of motion, there are a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion. correct
how ?
please quote and help.
for SVA sahil says :
In laws of motion, there is a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and in motion. Incorrect
In laws of motion, there are a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion. correct
how ?
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For you Que: Yes you need to ignore modifier phrase separated by commas in order to analyze S-V agree.
the most nutritious parts of the plant - modifying - material
Regarding Shahil's note .. I need to re check what it is trying to convey.
the most nutritious parts of the plant - modifying - material
Regarding Shahil's note .. I need to re check what it is trying to convey.
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In laws of motion, there are X [spoiler](a condition)[/spoiler] and Y [spoiler](its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion). [/spoiler]bblast wrote:one more doubt from sahil's notes, similiar one,
please quote and help.
for SVA sahil says :
In laws of motion, there is a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and in motion. Incorrect
In laws of motion, there are a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion. correct
how ?
It is an example of inverted subject/verb. Invert it to read as ->
"a condition and its converse are there in Newtonian laws of motion"
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makes sense Jim.Jim@Grockit wrote:I would have understood "20 percent" as the subject of "falls" rather than "material."
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Sorry dudes, but I am not convinced about the explanations given in this post.bblast wrote:ok, agreed to shovan and target 2009,
but what about :
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material, the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
if material is the subject--shatters and falls is correct but then why are we saying-"the most nutritious parts of the plant"
I think I need to ignore the modifier between the commmas altogether ?
In the most common procedure for harvesting forage crops such as alfalfa, as much as 20 percent of the leaf and small-stem material,the most nutritious parts of the plant, shatters and falls to the ground.
aha i think i got this one now ? please confirm
I am still confused about the answer D), which is the credited answer. Indeed, albeit someone says that we need to ignore the modifier between the commes, I need to understand whether the modifier between the commas is correct. What "the most nutritious parts of the plant" is modifying? If the subject is materia [singular], the modifier between the comma cannot modify material. In the other hands, leaf and small-stem are adjective of material, therefore the modifier between the comma cannot modify an adjective ... still confused
Please argue ...