David@GMATPrepNow wrote:Not quite. The reason D is wrong is that the first part of the sentence already contains the word "lifestyles" - the subject of the sentence - and does not need to be repeated in the second part of the sentence. The second part of the sentence helps us better understand WHY the disappearance of the lifestyles seem inevitable, but we do not need to repeat the word "lifestyles" to do so. Repeating the word makes the sentence confusing.

Good job noting that a singular form of the verb "seem" is correct, but actually that is because "lifestyles" is plural, not because it is singular.

Use "seems" for "lifestyle."
Use "seem" for "lifestyles."

This is a tricky question, requiring a deep breath! Keep at it, you can do it!

David

maruthisandeep wrote:In a crowded, acquisitive world, the disappearance of lifestyles such as those once followed by southern Africa's Bushmen and Australia's aborigines, requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed.
(A) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seem inevitably doomed
(B) requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(C) which require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seems to be inevitably doomed
(D) life-styles that require vast wild spaces and permit little accumulation of goods, seem inevitable
(E) life-styles requiring vast wild spaces and permitting little accumulation of goods, seems inevitable.

Why is D wrong? Is it because the 'disappearance' is inevitable and this singular subject need to have singular verb 'seems'?