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by vikram4689 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:57 pm
The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A. to be the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs
B. to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
C. is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs
D. is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs
E. is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

what is verb in correct option d. is it "is" or "claims"
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:04 am
vikram4689 wrote:The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.
A. to be the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs
B. to be the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, weighing
C. is the smallest network digital camcorder in the world, which is as long as a handheld computer, and it weighs
D. is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs
E. is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, weighing

what is verb in correct option d. is it "is" or "claims"
Vikram, I think the verb in option D is "claims".
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by vikram4689 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:51 am
yeah, 'claims' is verb but i am unable to articulate in grammar terms what is "IS". functionally, "is" describes the state of claim i.e. if "is" is replace by "was" then state of claim changes. i think "it claims" modifes "what" and "is" is part of the question.

what it claims is the world's smallest network digital camcorder ?
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by patanjali.purpose » Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:06 pm
vikram4689 wrote:The electronics company has unveiled what it claims to be the world's smallest network digital camcorder, the length of which is that of a handheld computer, and it weighs less than 11 ounces.

D. is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs

what is verb in correct option d. is it "is" or "claims"
The electronics company has unveiled what it claims is the world's smallest network digital camcorder, which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs less than 11 ounces.

Clause 1 - The electronics company has unveiled
Clause 2 - what, it claims, is the world's smallest network digital camcorder (xx)
Clause 3 - which is as long as a handheld computer and weighs less than 11 ounces (yy)

The electronics company has unveiled xx, yy

IMO main verb is HAS UNVEILED;
CLAIMS = is part of the modifier
IS = main verb of the relative clause (world's smallest network digital camcorder IS this)

COMMA is generally not used in some small length modifiers that confuse us sometimes - if there were comma before and after IT CLAIMS we can easily understand
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by tisrar02 » Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:29 pm
D

"Which" is referring to camcorder and there is no ambiguity with "it".

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