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Please suggest a answer - clarify doubt

by here2win » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:53 am
This is from 2007 Kaplan:

A group of students who have begun to clean up F.L.O.M Park in NYC believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition.

b- believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
c- believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
d- believe that the park needs to be not redesigned but to
e- believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it

OA from the guide later. But I am not convinced of the OA. Please give explanation for your answer.
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by bharathh » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:42 am
Group is the subject. So the verb should be singular. believes is the right verb B, D and E are out.

Ans A over C because C has could at the end and so does not maintain ||ism
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by hmboy17 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:31 am
As "a group of students" is singular so we have only two choices A and C. In option C could not violets the parallelism rule.
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by here2win » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:27 pm
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Question:

by here2win » Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:32 pm
What would be the right sentence:

A group of students is walking. or
A group of students are walking.

I understand the singular form "group", but in the sentence it comes as a group of students who "have" suggesting plural form as against "has' which would suggest singular form.

how then to make a call for subject verb agreement.
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Re: Question:

by hemanth28 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:59 pm
here2win wrote:What would be the right sentence:

A group of students is walking. or
A group of students are walking.

I understand the singular form "group", but in the sentence it comes as a group of students who "have" suggesting plural form as against "has' which would suggest singular form.

how then to make a call for subject verb agreement.
First try to remember these rules I picked up from one of the Ron's posts.

One of the Xs that/who <plural>
One of the Xs <singular>
only One of the Xs
only One of the Xs that/who <plural>
THE only One of the Xs that/who <singular>

the question is a case similar to the rule (1).


<<RON's Explantion>

one of the birds (that fly) over my house at night.

what that fly is trying to modify is just the <birds> and not <one of the birds>

notice that the RED-COLORED RELATIVE PRONOUN (WHO/THAT) is absolutely crucial here.
if that isn't there - i.e., if "one of the NOUNs" is actually the SUBJECT of the ____ verb - then you take a singular verb instead.
example:
one of the birds flies over the house; the other one flies past it.

In your case below -

A group of students who ....

who is modifying just the students and not <group of students> hence have is used.

However the subject for the verb <believe> is <group of students> which is singular.

Hope this helps.
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