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by BTGmoderatorDC » Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:16 pm
The audience in soccer matches are oftentimes hard to control.

a The audience in soccer matches are oftentimes

b The audience in a soccer match are often

c The audience in soccer matches is frequently

d The audience in soccer matches is sometimes

e An audience in a soccer match is often



OA C

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Re: The audience in soccer matches are oftentimes hard to

by Gene@KaplanGMAT » Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:30 am
Subject/Verb agreement is one of the most commonly tested concepts in GMAT SC.

While "audience" is composed of a lot of people, it's actually SINGULAR. That's what's called a "collective noun" -- a group of individuals that functions as a single entity. Other examples of collective nouns would be: group, family, team, etc.

Because "audience" is singular, we can't use the plural verb "are". We need "is" instead. Eliminate (A) and (B). [Also, "in soccer matches" is a prepositional phrase, so it can't contain the subject....so "audience" is the subject that will get the verb "is".]

(E) makes it seem like we're talking about just 1 audience in 1 soccer match.

The only difference between (C ) and (D) is "frequently" vs. "sometimes". Both are grammatically correct, but "frequently" matches the *degree* that we had with "oftentimes" in the original sentence.

So the correct answer is (C).
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