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by leo » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:21 am
Out of America’s fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.
(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing
(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring
(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing
(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

Is the answer b or e ? Please explain.
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by jaspetrovic » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:29 pm
My answer is B.

As I see it, "bring" refers to market, which is singular, so it sould be brings.
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by isisalaska » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:33 am
E is incorrect becasue "market" is singular, so it need to be the "that brings"

B is correct, since it has "has grown a market" and "that is bringing"
Last edited by isisalaska on Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:04 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by alugoya » Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:17 pm
i think choice E is correct as "that bring...." refers to furniture and fixtures and not to the market...
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by Cybermusings » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:38 am
whats the OA?
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by alugoya » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:26 am
i think "that bring* prular form refers to " styles .." in choice E..
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by leo » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:40 pm
OA is E
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by 800GMAT » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:48 pm
Hi leo, the OA on this question is B not E.

Pls chk
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by leo » Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:52 am
Sorry. Yes OA is B. :)
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by BTGmoderatorRO » Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:40 pm
i would go with option E as the correct answer because it has the right tense usage of has and with precision.

option B is not correct because the 'bringing back' should be 'bring back'
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by ErikaPrepScholar » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:17 am
Hey guys,

The most important thing here is to recognize what subject the verb "bring" goes with. Let's start by looking at E:

Out of America's fascination with all antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

Here "for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures" all describes "styles", so we should be able to eliminate it from the sentence without changing the grammar:

Out of America's fascination with all antique things has grown a market that bring back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

This should make it more clear that the subject of "bring" is "a market". "A market" is singular, but "bring" is plural. This is creates an agreement issue that makes E wrong.

Simplifying B gives us:

Out of America's fascination with all things antique has grown a market that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

Here, both "a market" and "is bringing" are singular, so there is no agreement error. Similarly, the present progressive "is bringing" matches the present perfect tense "has grown" - the market has started to grow in the past and continues to grow in the present. In other words, the market is still growing and is still bringing back these antique furniture items.

Finally, the phrasing "all things (adjective)" is idiomatic (e.g. "Suzy loves all things pink"), whereas "all (adjective) things" is not.

Takeaway here: try to simplify your sentence by taking out "extra" information - this makes it much easier to identify grammatical errors!
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