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[iwill]

Out of America’s fascination with all things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

(A) things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(B) things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing

(C) things that are antiques has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

(D) antique things have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that are bringing

(E) antique things has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that bring

please discuss.

[scoobydooby]

IMO B

subject market is singular. it should be" has grown a market for a,b,c that is bringing..

other options make errors with have and/or bring, are bringing

[mals24]

Agree with B

Option A uses Have instead of Has Subject is fascination so the verb should be singular.

Strike off option D for the same reason.

Option C: things that are antiques is wordy we can just use antique things. Also 'that' is a singular pronoun and 'bring' is plural, we should use a singular pronoun. So we can strike off C & E for this reason.

[kiran.raze]

Guess the options narrow down to B & E as the fascination should be singular i.e has & not have. secondly between B & E as the tense is present continuos the 'bringing' illustrates a cause - effect relationship between the first part of the sentence & the latter part which is not very clear in E.

hence B

[James_83]

@Kiran.raze.

verb (has/have) has nothing to do with fascination.subject is "market" here.

What i want to point is that if the sentence use the word fascinations, then you will not choose the option "have".

[warlock]

IMO E

[crak.gmat]

IMO B, OA???

[hengirl03]

I think that the answer should be B. Fascination and market are singular, so "has" and "is" should be used.

What's the OA?