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Question regarding about this sentence structure .

by mbrown10012 » Sat Aug 14, 2010 1:59 pm
This is sentence comes from beat the gmat flash cards.

This is the formula : One of the (Plural noun) that/who [Plural verb]

Example:
He is One of the persons who bake spectacular cakes.

Persons? Isn't more than one person considered People?



Another sentence:

He is the only one of the employee who was promoted.

Isn't this considered wordy and redundant?

Can't you just say, He is the only employee who/that was promoted?
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by clammiestqasar » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:42 pm
i think the subject of the sentence is HE so it should be bakes and not bake
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by clammiestqasar » Sat Aug 14, 2010 5:43 pm
yes the second sentence is wordy . It could be -he is the only employee..
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by e-GMAT » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:00 am
To answer your question about persons vs people - both can be used to refer to more than 1 person.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you need any more clarification.
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