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by missionmba » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:00 am
A group of sudents who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition

1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it
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by kiranlegend » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:38 am
IMO D
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by raunekk » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:43 am
imo:A
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by mals24 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:50 am
IMO A
Group of students is singular so believes is the right verb.
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by aj5105 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:19 am
A group of students who have blah blah... believe (IMO)

1,3 - out

1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to

2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to -- not word can appear between 'to be'

3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could

4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to -- needs not but to be - - IMO parallel.

5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it -- not parallel.
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by dileepsinha » Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:10 am
A
Agree with male24
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by gmatinjuly » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:33 am
Guys I believe D is right answer for reasons sent by aj5105

Agreed group is singular.....but the usage have (indicates we have to use plural) else it would have been "has"

then not to be .....but to be .....correct idiom and parallel

Hence D ...
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by ildude02 » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:15 pm
A is my pick.

Here "group" is the subject which is singular and needs singular verb, "believes". Choice A fits the parallel form "not X but Y".
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by reachac » Sun Aug 10, 2008 7:51 pm
IMO A
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by kiranlegend » Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:41 am
what is the OA?
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by GmatKiss » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:00 am
IMO : D

Please provide OA!
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by rohangupta83 » Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:26 am
Group of students - is plural and hence requires "believe"

therefore A and C are out.

and because of parallelism - D is correct

IMO D
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by saketk » Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:11 am
missionmba wrote:A group of sudents who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead's Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition

1)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
2)believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
3)believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
4)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
5)believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it
I see two problems with this question. 1st -- 'A group' is a single entity therefore we should use Singular verb. But the non- underline part uses "Have" here. I am not sure whether there is a typo here. Secondly, "A" and "D" both are the contender for the answer. "Believes" is referring back to the GROUP of STUDENTS. And if there is no typo in the question then "D" is the answer.

What is the source of this question? This surely looks to be one of the 1000 sc question. I would rather ignore this question.
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by smackmartine » Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:19 pm
IMO A

the "who have begun to clean up Frederick.." is modifying Students, an object of subject "A group".The object has no bearing on the main verb in this case, so the verb should be singular.
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by anspeed » Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:50 pm
IMO D.

A group of students -Plural so believe.

For ex: we say A group of people are running .. not a group of people is running.

the park needs not [to be redesigned] but [to be returned to its former condition]

Not X but Y
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