Based on recent box office receipts, the public's

rakeshd347 wrote:Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction
books, seems to be on the rise.
• like nonfiction books
• as nonfiction books
• as its interest in nonfiction books
• like their interest in nonfiction books
• like its interest in nonfiction books

OA soon

vinay1983 wrote: Here we are concerned about the public's appetite, so we need the option that tells us something about them.So to me option D should be the correct one.

Option A===appetite compared to nonfiction books--incorrect
B-Again appetite compared to non fiction books
C-As is wrong usage we need some liking here
E-Its cannot refer to public here, public is plural, its refers to some non living entity here

theCodeToGMAT wrote:

vinay1983 wrote: Here we are concerned about the public's appetite, so we need the option that tells us something about them.So to me option D should be the correct one.

Option A===appetite compared to nonfiction books--incorrect
B-Again appetite compared to non fiction books
C-As is wrong usage we need some liking here
E-Its cannot refer to public here, public is plural, its refers to some non living entity here

Public is singular.. its a collective noun.. Another Example: Army

vinay1983 wrote: I have seen examples where public has been used as a plural subject. However i am not convinced with E as an answer. I have searched for the correct answer but i am not convinced with it. Somehow I am skeptical about public. I had solved a question with this word and i got the question wrong because i considered public as singular. I know what a collective noun is, but lemme see if i can get that particular question maybe it might be of some help to me.