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by vscid » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:37 am
The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization, admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.


1]admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent


2]admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent


3]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent


4]only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent


5]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only
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by sumanr84 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:19 am
vscid wrote:The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization, admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.


1]admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent - correct


2]admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent - need singular 'admits' here


3]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent - only is missing - wrong


4]only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent - only, need singular - wrong


5]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only - awkward placement of only
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by money9111 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:08 am
i think A is correct... it was between A and C, but C takes out ONLY and changes the original meaning of the sentence.. Admit would be wrong because the "group" is singular not plural
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:13 am
The key with this problem is to realize that "The Daughters of the American Revolution" is a collective noun. This means that it needs a singular verb. Also, the adverb "only" needs to correctly modify admits, which it only does in choice A.
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by sumanr84 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:32 am
osirus0830 wrote:The key with this problem is to realize that "The Daughters of the American Revolution" is a collective noun. This means that it needs a singular verb. Also, the adverb "only" needs to correctly modify admits, which it only does in choice A.
"The Daughters of the American Revolution" is not collective noun, its the name of an organization.Hence, Singular.

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by komal » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:07 am
vscid wrote:The Daughters of the American Revolution, a volunteer service organization, admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution.


1]admits as members only women who can prove lineal descent - Correct


2]admit as members only women who can prove lineal descent - 'organization' is singular so we need singular verb 'admit'


3]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent - the word 'only' is missing here and the meaning of the sentence changes. Incorrect


4]only admit as members women who can prove lineal descent - 'organization' is singular so we need singular verb 'admit'



5]admits as members women who can prove lineal descent only - Awkward
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