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btgyes wrote:Overwhelming proportion of women work OR WORKS
this is the confusion...
what is the subject here... and why...
overwhelming proportion OR women ?
plz comment
thanks...
tetura84 wrote:Few points I want to mention,
1, There is a clear split between as AND like.
I prefer like because, like is used when comparison is between nouns or noun phrases.
Whereas, as is used when the comparison is between actions.
A,B,C out.
Between D & E,
I think in is required. D sounds like, many women are middle management and light industry, which is clearly meaningless.
However, I have confusion between
an overwhelming proportion of women works
VS
an overwhelming proportion of women work
Quick approach:In Hungary, as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in middle management and light industry.
A. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in
B. as with much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, many in
C. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of them in
D. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, and many are
E. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many are in
AWESOME.....!GMATGuruNY wrote:Quick approach:In Hungary, as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in middle management and light industry.
A. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in
B. as with much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, many in
C. as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of them in
D. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women works, and many are
E. like much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many are in
A comparison must compare apples to apples: the right two things must be compared. In the SC above, what is happening in Hungary must be compared to what is happening in much of Eastern Europe. Eliminate A, D and E.
Since the verb are in answer choice A is plural, the pronoun which is referring to the plural noun women. The pronoun which cannot be used to refer to people. Eliminate A.
The correct answer is C.
The subject of the verb work/works is the noun proportion. The prepositional phrase of women is an adjective describing the proportion. What kind of overwhelming proportion? An overwhelming proportion of women.
The noun proportion is singular when it refers to a non-countable noun:
An overwhelming proportion of the female population works.
The noun proportion is plural when it refers to a countable noun:
An overwhelming proportion of women work.
Use as to compare prepositional phrases:
In Hungary, as in much of Eastern Europe...
Use like to compare the nouns themselves:
Hungary, like much of Eastern Europe....
In A, many of which work is a RELATIVE CLAUSE modifying women.shweta.kalra wrote:hi mitch,
thnks for this awesum explanation
plz explain a difference between |"MANY OF WHICH " AND MANY OF THEM" AFTER COMMA , ARE THEY REFER TO NOUN JUST BEFORE COMMA.
THNKS
SHWETA
as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in
What if the phrase is "The overwhelming proportion of women " ? In that case we treat this as singular ? Could you confirm please.The noun proportion is singular when it refers to a non-countable noun:
An overwhelming proportion of the female population works.
The noun proportion is plural when it refers to a countable noun:
An overwhelming proportion of women work.
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