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by milkplastik » Sat Jul 07, 2007 4:04 pm
Hi guys,

I'm taking the GMAT in two days and would like some help with this one please:

A higher interest rate is only one of the factors that keeps the housing market from spiraling out of control.

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Is the subject [one] or [factors]? (Manhattan GMAT claims it's factors.) Therefore, should it be keeps or keep?

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by jrbrown2 » Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:23 pm
"One" is the subject & "of the factors" is a prepositional phrase so "keeps" is the correct form of the verb.
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Re: S/V Agreement Question - Urgent

by jayhawk2001 » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:12 pm
The verb here refers to "factors". "keep" is the correct form of the
verb here IMO.

When "that" follows the plural subject following "one of", the verb has
to agree in number with the plural subject. e.g.

One of the factors that "keep"

One of the many factors "has"
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by jrbrown2 » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:33 am
According to the Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction Book, All Indefinite pronouns are singular. The only exceptions to this rule are the SANAM pronouns (Some, Any, None, All, Most), whose verb construction depends on the object in the "of" construction directly following the subject.

"One" is not a SANAM pronoun so it is singular
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by devesh » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:24 am
The pattern to remember is ‘one of the NOUN (if plural) + that/who + PLURAL VERB
Example : He is one of the persons who make money.
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by devesh » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:25 am
The pattern to remember is ‘one of the NOUN (if plural) + that/who + PLURAL VERB
Example : He is one of the persons who make money.
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by mankey » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:22 am
Help needed on this one.

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by Calvin123 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:27 am
mankey wrote:Help needed on this one.

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Check below link; it will answer all your questions.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/one-of-the-t40356.html
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