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SC- missing verb?

by ilovemyself » Sat Nov 29, 2014 6:33 pm
First sold May 1, 1924, iodized salt that made its way in regular diet to reduce the incidence of
goiter, has also been found to play a crucial role in brain development, especially during
gestation.
A. First sold May 1, 1924, iodized salt that made its way in regular diet to reduce the incidence of goiter, has
also been found to play
B. Iodized salt, which was first sold May 1, 1924, making its way for reducing the incidence of goiter, has
also been found to play
C. Iodized salt first sold May 1, 1924, which made its way in regular diet for reducing the incidence of
goiter, and has been found to
D. First sold May 1, 1924, making its way in regular diet to reduce the incidence of goiter, iodized salt has
also been found to play
E. First sold May 1, 1924, iodized salt has made its way in regular diet to reduce the incidence of goiter,
also playing

In option A, how can "has" be the verb for iodized salt?
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by [email protected] » Sat Nov 29, 2014 11:09 pm
Hi ilovemyself,

What is the source of this question? I ask because the prompt and the answers are all written in a really "clunky" style (which might mean typos or a really questionable source).

To answer your question, you should focus on the word "salt"....

Would you say...

"Salt is...."

or

"Salt are...."

You should be thinking "salt IS" and "SALTS are", so the word "iodized" doesn't matter.

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by ilovemyself » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:59 am
Hi Rich,

The source is e-gmat. I still didn't understand what would be the verb for the subject- salt. Could you please explain?

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by Chicagosummer » Sun Nov 30, 2014 7:43 am
IMO A

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by [email protected] » Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:50 pm
Hi ilovemyself,

Since the word "salt" is a singular noun, it requires a singular verb ("is", "has", "was", etc.).

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