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The Themes : SC?

by Homer4 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:18 am
The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is
universal , encompassing much of the human condition
while occasionally she deals with racial issues.

a) is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally she deals
b)is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition, also occasionally it deals
c)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition and occasionally deals
d) are universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally dealing
e)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition, also occasionally are dealing
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by avik.ch » Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:50 am
Its from OG Verbal.

"themes" plural -- eliminate A and B.

C and E are run on sentence.

D - perfect.
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by Homer4 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:01 am
OA : D
I picked D but if we go by the rulebook
Subject Verb Agreement : difference between "A" something- plural & "The"something- singular
What do you think?
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by avik.ch » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:05 am
Homer4 wrote:OA : D
I picked D but if we go by the rulebook
Subject Verb Agreement : difference between "A" something- plural & "The"something- singular
What do you think?
I too had this confusion with "the". Refer this :

https://www.beatthegmat.com/kaplan-curat ... tml#454759

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by Homer4 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:10 am
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by pappueshwar » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:26 pm
Homer4 wrote:The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is
universal , encompassing much of the human condition
while occasionally she deals with racial issues.

a) is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally she deals
b)is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition, also occasionally it deals
c)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition and occasionally deals
d) are universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally dealing
e)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition, also occasionally are dealing
hi all,

every time i am getting confused with identifying the singular and the plural ones. here in this example should i see "themes" (plural) or should i see "poetry"(singular) ?
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by sam2304 » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:08 pm
pappueshwar wrote: hi all,

every time i am getting confused with identifying the singular and the plural ones. here in this example should i see "themes" (plural) or should i see "poetry"(singular) ?
Themes is the subject of the sentence. If you are unsure try to understand the meaning of the sentence. that Rita Dove explores in her poetry - modify themes. If you are having trouble identifying the subjects in a sentence then get on with OG and try to identify the subject verb part for all the questions with all the choices. There will be more than one SV pair in a question. Don't look for other errors just try to understand the meaning and find SV pairs in each sentence, it will take hours to finish but the effort is worth it. Once you get used to it you will fare well.
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by [email protected] » Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:24 pm
The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is
universal , encompassing much of the human condition
while occasionally she deals with racial issues.

a) is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally she deals
b)is universal, encompassing much of the human
condition, also occasionally it deals
c)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition and occasionally deals
d) are universal, encompassing much of the human
condition while occasionally dealing
e)are universal, they encompass much of the
human condition, also occasionally are dealing

Yes the first thing that comes in your mind is the subject - verb agreement.

That brings us down to the options C, D and E. Out of them D modifies perfectly.

So basically this is a case of subject - verb agreement and modifier.

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by avik.ch » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:56 pm
pappueshwar wrote:hi all,

every time i am getting confused with identifying the singular and the plural ones. here in this example should i see "themes" (plural) or should i see "poetry"(singular) ?

first of all first try to identify the main verb and see how other words structure itself to form a clause.

here :

The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry --- subject
is - main verb
universal - adjective predicate.

parsing the subject :

The themes -- noun
that Rita Dove explores in her poetry -- adjective modifying the noun.

Subject is always a noun slot -- so what drives this slot is a noun. Hence it is the noun that decide the S-V agreement.

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another way to identify the subject :

place the main verb before the subject, converting it into a interrogative one : if it make sense then it is the subject.

The themes that Rita Dove explores in her poetry is universal.

is the themes that....? -- the themes is the subject
is her poetry ...? -- not possible to convert the sentence, so the poetry is not the subject

Please note : this can be used only you have a concrete subject , not with some,any.....(SANAM).


I hope this helps !!
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