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by iwill » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:07 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

please discuss.
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by scoobydooby » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:19 am
IMO B

subject market is singular. it should be" has grown a market for a,b,c that is bringing..

other options make errors with have and/or bring, are bringing
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by mals24 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:45 am
Agree with B

Option A uses Have instead of Has Subject is fascination so the verb should be singular.

Strike off option D for the same reason.

Option C: things that are antiques is wordy we can just use antique things. Also 'that' is a singular pronoun and 'bring' is plural, we should use a singular pronoun. So we can strike off C & E for this reason.
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by kiran.raze » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:34 am
Guess the options narrow down to B & E as the fascination should be singular i.e has & not have. secondly between B & E as the tense is present continuos the 'bringing' illustrates a cause - effect relationship between the first part of the sentence & the latter part which is not very clear in E.

hence B
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by James_83 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:13 am
@Kiran.raze.

verb (has/have) has nothing to do with fascination.subject is "market" here.

What i want to point is that if the sentence use the word fascinations, then you will not choose the option "have".
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by warlock » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:35 am
IMO E
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by crak.gmat » Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:13 pm
IMO B, OA???
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by hengirl03 » Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:58 pm
I think that the answer should be B. Fascination and market are singular, so "has" and "is" should be used.

What's the OA?
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