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by venmic » Sat May 07, 2011 10:38 pm
A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the
housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.
"¢ keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
"¢ keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did

Probable answer :B

Please can anyone provide an explanation as to why it is B
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by Target2009 » Sat May 07, 2011 10:49 pm
venmic wrote: Probable answer :B
Please can anyone provide an explanation as to why it is B
IMO : B

Rule: one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever we see this structure, we have to make sure that the following verb is Plural.

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by gsinghal » Sat May 07, 2011 11:13 pm
One more point to add, since we are comparing clauses here, as is good to go rather than like.


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by AIM GMAT » Sat May 07, 2011 11:27 pm
Two issues :-
1] Singular vs Plural
2] Like vs As

IMO B .

The below is in short collection of such rules that might help :-

One of the Xs + <singular>
One of the Xs that/who + <plural>
Only of the Xs + <singular>
Only one of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Sun May 08, 2011 1:37 am
venmic wrote:A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important one, that keeps the
housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did earlier in the decade.
"¢ keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
"¢ keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control, as it did
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like
"¢ keep the housing market from spiraling out of control, like it did

Probable answer :B

Please can anyone provide an explanation as to why it is B
This question, in my opinion, tests the usage of relative pronoun that.

Whenever, we see a relative pronoun, it modifies the noun that preceeds it, which in this case is factors.

Since factors is plural it needs a plural verb, which is keep and not keeps.

Thus, A and C could not be the answers.

Second split that I see is, usage of like v/s usage of as.

Like is used to compare nouns and as is used to compare clauses.

Since we are comparing clauses here, we should use 'as' instead of 'like'.

D,E both use like to compare.

Thus B.

Hope it helps.
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Sun May 08, 2011 1:40 am
Rule: one of the + plural noun + who/which/that
Whenever we see this structure, we have to make sure that the following verb is Plural.
Lets generalize this,

plural noun + who/which/that => following verb is plural
singular noun + who/which/that => following verb is singular
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by atulmangal » Sun May 08, 2011 4:58 am
AIM GMAT wrote:Two issues :-
1] Singular vs Plural
2] Like vs As

IMO B .

The below is in short collection of such rules that might help :-

One of the Xs + <singular>
One of the Xs that/who + <plural>
Only of the Xs + <singular>
Only one of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>
small correction brother
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only one of the Xs that/who + <Singular>
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by abhi0697 » Sun May 08, 2011 7:50 pm
I agree on:
The only one of the Xs that/who + <Singular>

As here, with the presence of "only", the stress is on "one" and not "factors".
Hence, the following verb will be Singular "keeps"

So correct answer should be C
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by atulmangal » Sun May 08, 2011 8:22 pm
abhi0697 wrote:I agree on:
The only one of the Xs that/who + <Singular>

As here, with the presence of "only", the stress is on "one" and not "factors".
Hence, the following verb will be Singular "keeps"

So correct answer should be C
Only one of the Xs that/who + <Plural>

THE Only one of the Xs that/who + <Singular>

OA should be Op B only
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by AIM GMAT » Sun May 08, 2011 9:23 pm
atulmangal wrote:
AIM GMAT wrote:Two issues :-
1] Singular vs Plural
2] Like vs As

IMO B .

The below is in short collection of such rules that might help :-

One of the Xs + <singular>
One of the Xs that/who + <plural>
Only of the Xs + <singular>
Only one of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>
small correction brother
The only of the Xs that/who + <plural>
The only one of the Xs that/who + <Singular>
Thanks a ton Atul , i made correction in my notes :) .
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