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rahul.s: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 324; Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:29 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 17 times

by rahul.s » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:22 pm

From comic artist Mark Tatulli's witty observations about the American obsession with all things Hollywood have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring readers to send record volumes of fan mail to newspapers across the country.

(A) things Hollywood have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring

(B) things Hollywood has emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that is inspiring

(C) things that are related to Hollywood has emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that inspire

(D) Hollywood things have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring

(E) Hollywood things have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that inspire

OA: B

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by thephoenix » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:35 pm

IMO B is correct

rahul.s wrote:From comic artist Mark Tatulli's witty observations about the American obsession with all things Hollywood have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring readers to send record volumes of fan mail to newspapers across the country.

(A) things Hollywood have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring
the highlited verbs are reffering to subject a series which is singular and hence the verb has to be singular

(B) things Hollywood has emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that is inspiring
correct;remeber prepositional phrase cannot be main sub celebrity gossip and popular movies
(C) things that are related to Hollywood has emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that inspire...should be inspires

(D) Hollywood things have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that are inspiring...same as A

(E) Hollywood things have emerged Heart of the City, a series centered on celebrity gossip and popular movies that inspire
same as A
OA: B

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rahul.s: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 324; Joined: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:29 amFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 17 times

by rahul.s » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:39 pm

what's a prepositional phrase? could you cite an example?

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by thephoenix » Sun Jan 31, 2010 10:54 pm

rahul.s wrote:what's a prepositional phrase? could you cite an example?

prepositional phrase is a phrase which starts with a preposition

for eg:The number of car accidents involving deer, up seventeen percent from ten years ago and continuing to rise throughout the country, have decreased in Michigan's Upper Peninsula due to the increased use of car-mounted deer whistles by residents. [Incorrect]

prepositional phrase is of car accidents , the subject in prepositional phrase is not the main sub , as is the case here the verb HAVE is reffering to car accidents which is the sub of prepos... phrase ...
the s/c is intended to mean the number is increasing and not the car acidents....
and hence the number is the sub and not the car acc...

for details check
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2009/08/ ... -agreement

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by rahul.s » Sun Jan 31, 2010 11:08 pm

thank you! that was extremely helpful

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