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by schumi_gmat » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:22 pm
You are correct Niraj.

One in 5 Americans is singular.

But when you introduce a relative pronoun who/that, then it will take the verb of the nearest antecedent.

e.g.

One in 5 Americans works shorter hours and saves time...

One in 5 Americans who work shorter hours and save time

Hope this helps.
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by niraj_a » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:02 pm
agreed
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by Carloblacksun » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:18 pm
fantastic answer!! so it is true that it's singular, BUT in this case WORK and SAVE are correct!!
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by vivek.kapoor83 » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:28 pm
that is wht i said in my post, it will be singular but what about use of 'their' in A & B .
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by ska7945 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:25 am
oa D
let's beat GMAT.
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by siddharth rastogi » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:50 am
HI

WHY D IS CORRECT?
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by riteshbindal » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:31 pm
D IMO
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