minar wrote:Which one will be correct?
The list of animals that shows...
or
The list of animals that show...
I have got such a SC problem in GMATPrep, and interestingly the correct one was The list of animals that show...
Can anyone help me with explanation?
Thanks.
Hmm!! I have seen this in a different way. See the below examples...
She is one of the girls that/who are in the high school.
In the above statement, "She" is the object of the group "girls". If the Group is followed by
That/Who then the immediate verb will take Plural form.
General Rule: Y is one of the Xs THAT/WHO Plural Verb .
She is one of the girls eats Burger.
If the Group is not followed by THAT or WHO then the verb will take singular form.
General Rule: Y is one of the Xs Singular Verb .
These rules are explicitly stated in many GMAT preparatory materials. So now coming back to your problem, in the above examples what I have shown if we replace the ONE with LIST that will be absolutely fine.
So, below are the two correct sentences for your query:
The list of animals
shows... (see that is removed, so shows refers to list)
or
The list of animals that
show... (show refers to animals)
