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by umaa » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:55 pm
Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.


A. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
B. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
C. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
D. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut's large size
E. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
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by shibal » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:59 pm
IMO E

OA??
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by Sher1 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:00 pm
Ans E.

Brussel Sprouts is plural so the exceed vs. exceeds and are vs is
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by umaa » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:05 pm
Don't you think EXCEEDS refers to GROWTH?

Thats how I understood and Chose C. My bad
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by Domnu » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:16 pm
The verb of a sentence refers to the subject, which in this case, isn't growth.
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by singalong » Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:38 am
Damn.. how would I be able to say whether "Brussel sprouts" is singular or prural?
I had chosen B.
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by mj78ind » Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:48 am
umaa wrote:Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.


A. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
B. which at its fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
C. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceeds a large walnut in size
D. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a walnut's large size
E. which at their fullest growth scarcely exceed a large walnut in size
This seems an interesting question, what is the source? "Named for the capital of Belgium" usually is named "after", but may be this is an uncommon idiom that I do not know about.

its vs their - sprouts are plural. Hence A and B out. Due to exceeds in C it is out. D changes the meaning, they do not exceed "the size" they exceed the "size of a walnut".

Hence E
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by Sharma_Gaurav » Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:17 am
i had gone for E . please post the OA.
Here brussels sprouts HAVE TO BE considered as plural, as we need to pay attention to the later part of the sentence , which says " are immature buds........."
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