Based on recent box office receipts, the public's

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by rakeshd347 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:09 am

Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction
books, seems to be on the rise.
"¢ like nonfiction books
"¢ as nonfiction books
"¢ as its interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like their interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like its interest in nonfiction books

OA is E

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by Winner2013 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:31 am

I think the answer is E.

There is a similarity expressed between two things- appetite for documentary films and interest in nonfiction books. So 'like' is correct

and 'its' refers to public correctly.

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by vinay1983 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:34 am

rakeshd347 wrote:Based on recent box office receipts, the public's appetite for documentary films, like nonfiction
books, seems to be on the rise.
"¢ like nonfiction books
"¢ as nonfiction books
"¢ as its interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like their interest in nonfiction books
"¢ like its interest in nonfiction books

OA soon

Here we are concerned about the public's appetite, so we need the option that tells us something about them.So to me option D should be the correct one.

Option A===appetite compared to nonfiction books--incorrect
B-Again appetite compared to non fiction books
C-As is wrong usage we need some liking here
E-Its cannot refer to public here, public is plural, its refers to some non living entity here

You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:37 am

According to me, its {E}..

What is the OA bro??

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 03, 2013 5:39 am

vinay1983 wrote: Here we are concerned about the public's appetite, so we need the option that tells us something about them.So to me option D should be the correct one.

Option A===appetite compared to nonfiction books--incorrect
B-Again appetite compared to non fiction books
C-As is wrong usage we need some liking here
E-Its cannot refer to public here, public is plural, its refers to some non living entity here

Public is singular.. its a collective noun.. Another Example: Army

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by vinay1983 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:02 am

theCodeToGMAT wrote:
vinay1983 wrote: Here we are concerned about the public's appetite, so we need the option that tells us something about them.So to me option D should be the correct one.

Option A===appetite compared to nonfiction books--incorrect
B-Again appetite compared to non fiction books
C-As is wrong usage we need some liking here
E-Its cannot refer to public here, public is plural, its refers to some non living entity here
Public is singular.. its a collective noun.. Another Example: Army

I have seen examples where public has been used as a plural subject. However i am not convinced with E as an answer. I have searched for the correct answer but i am not convinced with it. Somehow I am skeptical about public. I had solved a question with this word and i got the question wrong because i considered public as singular. I know what a collective noun is, but lemme see if i can get that particular question maybe it might be of some help to me.

You can, for example never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to!

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by theCodeToGMAT » Thu Oct 03, 2013 8:25 am

vinay1983 wrote: I have seen examples where public has been used as a plural subject. However i am not convinced with E as an answer. I have searched for the correct answer but i am not convinced with it. Somehow I am skeptical about public. I had solved a question with this word and i got the question wrong because i considered public as singular. I know what a collective noun is, but lemme see if i can get that particular question maybe it might be of some help to me.

I doubt regarding "public" but i remember i had encountered such issue with "media"

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by Winner2013 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:21 pm

When a collective noun emphasizes the parts or individuals in the group, we should use a plural verb.

Example - The faculty are excited about their research opportunities.

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by Winner2013 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:23 pm

or to give an example specifically about public :

The public submitted their votes.

Hope this helps,

Pj

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by GMATGuruNY » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:34 pm

On the GMAT, collective nouns such as the public are considered SINGULAR.

I would ignore this SC.
In the non-underlined portion, based seems to modify the public's appetite, implying that the public's APPETITE is BASED on recent box office receipts -- not the intended meaning.
An incorrect answer choice in the OG:
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture.
The OE states that this answer choice is wrong because based incorrectly modifies scholars.

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