mundasingh123 wrote:Hi Ron,
i've never seen another store with such a variety of beverages as these ones.
I am a non - native speaker of english and i found this sentence a bit awkward since variety seems to be singlular and you are comparing it with a plural word "these ones "
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well, ok, but i hope that you understood the main point of the illustration (i.e., the placement of "such").
i think that the sentence would still be fine, i.e., i'm pretty sure that it's okay to equate "these" with "a variety of beverages".
for instance, there are similar constructions such as
a number of, which is pretty much equivalent to "several" -- for instance,
a number of dogs were standing on my front porch.
in the same vein, you can also say
a large variety of dogs live in the neighborhood -- because it's the dogs, not the variety, that live in the neighborhood.
in any case, this is definitely not something worth worrying about; such writerly differences are not going to be tested on the gmat. the main point of that illustration was the placement of "such"; if you understand that point, then the illustration has served its purpose.
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.
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