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List of Animals

by rosh26 » Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:47 pm
OA is D

Because list is singular, shouldn't the verb be exhibits?????
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by crak.gmat » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:00 pm
The list of animals that exhibit... Its the animals that exhibit. And the "The list of animals that exhibit..... has" (here has refers back to the list)

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Re: List of Animals

by nitin86 » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:34 am
rosh26 wrote:OA is D

Because list is singular, shouldn't the verb be exhibits?????
I didn't even looked at exhibit/exhibits...

I eliminated A/B because of incorrect construction

".....either USING left hand or right hand..."

Correct construction or parallel construction is

"...USING either left hand or right hand...."

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Re: List of Animals

by stubbornp » Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:35 pm
rosh26 wrote:OA is D

Because list is singular, shouldn't the verb be exhibits?????
exhibits is used for animals not for list.

A,B out

C lacks parallelism...Either using....or

E looks awkward....

D is best....Hope it helps....

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by Stacey Koprince » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:51 am
Got a PM requesting that I look at this.

List matches with the verb has - both singular.
Animals matches with the verb exhibit - both plural.

Here's the structure of the sentence:
The list - of animals - that exhibit X - has been expanded to include Y
Main subj - prep phrase - "that" modifier, modifying the preceding noun, animals - main verb (plus the rest of the sentence)

Read it as:
The list (of animals that exhibit X) has been expanded (to include Y).

You can also use logic to help you out a little. Are the animals exhibiting X or is the list exhibiting X? X is a characteristic of animals, not of a list - a list can't exhibit a preference for left or right-handedness.
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by bpgen » Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:12 am
Great explanation. Thanks Stacey!
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