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by crackgmat007 » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:18 pm
Can someone clarify the subj & verb agreement for 'Group'? Feel free to change the sentence as the idea is to understand usage of 'Group' and its impact on verb. Tx.

A Group of lawyers has/have put its/their signatures on this notice.
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by riteshbindal » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:32 pm
crackgmat007 wrote:Can someone clarify the subj & verb agreement for 'Group'? Feel free to change the sentence as the idea is to understand usage of 'Group' and its impact on verb. Tx.

A Group of lawyers has/have put its/their signatures on this notice.
This is tricky and thought provoking sentence because of "signatures". I think that a "group" can not put "signatures". It should have been
All lawyers from a group of lawyers have put signatures on this notice.
OR
Every lawyer from a group of lawyers has put his/her signature on this notice.

Did you get to see any such sentence from which you derived this question or it was just a thought?
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by crackgmat007 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:00 pm
I saw a sentence with 'group' and wanted to clear my doubts.

Lets see what others say.
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by gmatv09 » Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:59 pm
good one ...
IMO:

A group of ..... has put his or her signature on this notice.

A group of lawyers has put their signatures on this notice
[their refers to lawyers ... hope my understanding is correct]
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