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by varun7nurav » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:49 pm
The public's widespread belief in the existence of UFO's and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has generated considerable interest in science fiction.

A) UFO's and their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life has
B) UFO's and they are generally curious about extraterrestrial life which has
C) UFO's, as well as their general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, have
D) UFO's, as well as its general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, has
E) UFO's as well as general curiosity about extraterrestrial life, have
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by cans » Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:55 pm
the public's widespread belief... (belief is singular)
Thus have is incorrect
Eliminate C and E.
B) is also incorrect.. (and they are...)
IMO D
in A, their refers to what??
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by varun7nurav » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:21 pm
cans,

agree that it is D, however-- the 'its' in the underlined portion is referring to the possessive form 'public's belief'... pronoun's cant refer to possessive?
how can a belief have curiosity?

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by mehrasa » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:03 am
varun7nurav wrote:cans,

agree that it is D, however-- the 'its' in the underlined portion is referring to the possessive form 'public's belief'... pronoun's cant refer to possessive?
how can a belief have curiosity?

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this sentence has 'subject phrase' which is the "public's interest" and as you know this is singular and need 'has' as a singular verb
IMO: D
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by cans » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:10 am
varun7nurav wrote:cans,

agree that it is D, however-- the 'its' in the underlined portion is referring to the possessive form 'public's belief'... pronoun's cant refer to possessive?
how can a belief have curiosity?

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its is referring to public's... its is a possessive pronoun and can thus refer to possessive noun (public's)
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