Out of the public's interest in details of and conflicts in other people's lives have grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing "regular" people onto the television screen with increasing frequency.
(a) other people's lives have grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing
(b) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing
(c) another person's life has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that is bringing
(d) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that is bringing
(e) other people's lives has grown a booming market for "reality" television shows that bring
television shows
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"other people's lives has grown a booming market" is correct - eliminate (A) and (C).
(B) "television shows that are bringing"
(D) "television shows that is bringing" - incorrect
(E) "television shows that bring" - concise
Hence (E)
(B) "television shows that are bringing"
(D) "television shows that is bringing" - incorrect
(E) "television shows that bring" - concise
Hence (E)
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First off... source: Kaplan 800
Second: As I can see from this thread the question is poorly worded.
I also was choosing between B and E, since I read the sentence as shows are the ones that are bringing (or bring) as opposed to the market (is bringing).
It would make more sense to me that the shows would bring people vs. the market
Second: As I can see from this thread the question is poorly worded.
I also was choosing between B and E, since I read the sentence as shows are the ones that are bringing (or bring) as opposed to the market (is bringing).
It would make more sense to me that the shows would bring people vs. the market
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We need HAS not HAVE for the subject public's interest
another person's is SINGULAR ( I guess ) so Adios C
MARKET for "reality" television shows that is/are
ORANGE part is a modifier for MARKET and we should go with IS
Choose D
another person's is SINGULAR ( I guess ) so Adios C
MARKET for "reality" television shows that is/are
ORANGE part is a modifier for MARKET and we should go with IS
Choose D
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Perhaps... But I still think that B and E are not 100% excludable (i know there isn't such a word) because the modifier cab be this:logitech wrote:We need HAS not HAVE for the subject public's interest
another person's is SINGULAR ( I guess ) so Adios C
MARKET for "reality" television shows that is/are
ORANGE part is a modifier for MARKET and we should go with IS
Choose D
a booming market for "reality" television shows that are bringing "regular" people onto the television screen with increasing frequency.
There's nothing grammatically incorrect here. This modifier and the one Logitech suggests both have the same changes of being implied by the author (there's no info that I can see that would favour one over the other)