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by rupsk » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:49 am

Is following statements are correct?

1. which of the Beatles' songs is your favorite?
2. The grapes cost more than the melon does.

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by GmatKiss » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:30 am

Is the following correct!

1, which is your favorite Beatles' song? /which among the Beatles' songs is your favourite?
2, Grapes cost more than melons.

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by SticklorForDetails » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:25 am

rupsk wrote:Is following statements are correct?

1. which of the Beatles' songs is your favorite?
2. The grapes cost more than the melon does.

Both of these could absolutely be correct. "Which" is a singular subject of "is"; while "grapes" is plural and "melon" is singular, they are logically and grammatically parallel and the verbs agree appropriately. You actually wouldn't need the "does" in #2, but it could still be correct with or without it.

GMATKiss produces three very nice sentences above, which are also correct, but none of them is more correct enough to be preferable on the GMAT. That is, although #2 is shorter, the original #2 doesn't have any real wordiness errors that the GMAT tests, so you'd never see those two choices with no other differences between them.

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by rupsk » Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:28 am

If "is" goes well with "which" then how come they can use "songs". is melon and grapes are parallel?

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