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by 786 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:23 am
Numerous vegetarians believe that there are, without a doubt, a wealth of good reasons to stop eating meat.

vegetarians believe that there are, without a doubt,
vegetarians believe that there are, undoubtedly,
vegans believe that there is, without a doubt,
vegetarians believe that there are, no doubt,
vegetarians believe that there is, without a doubt,

OA given is E Let me know your thoughts
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by aplavakarthik » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:58 am
I think it is E because the singular Subject believe takes the Singular Verb 'is', so a, b, d are out. Now b/w C and E because of change of words in C I go with E

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by rijul007 » Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:12 am
786 wrote:Numerous vegetarians believe that there are, without a doubt, a wealth of good reasons to stop eating meat.

vegetarians believe that there are, without a doubt,
vegetarians believe that there are, undoubtedly,
vegans believe that there is, without a doubt,
vegetarians believe that there are, no doubt,
vegetarians believe that there is, without a doubt,

OA given is E Let me know your thoughts
Option E
... there IS without a doubt, A WEALTH of reasons....
Singuler verb 'is' satisfies the singular collective noun 'wealth'...

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by patanjali.purpose » Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:54 pm
786 wrote:Numerous vegetarians believe that there are, without a doubt, a wealth of good reasons to stop eating meat.

vegans believe that there is, without a doubt,
vegetarians believe that there is, without a doubt,

OA given is E Let me know your thoughts
In "There are... " construction subject comes only after the verb.

There are A WEALTH OF GOOD REASONS... ==> Here A WEALTH is the subject

OF GOOD REASONS is part of the noun phrase, or we can say prepposition phrase. Subject is never part of the prepositional phrase.

IMO E

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