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Originally Posted by nick_zen
In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them in the area just for the season.
(A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them
(B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are
(C) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are
(D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which
(E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are
please let me know the line of reasoning and answer
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Guys, I think the answer is B.
Manhattan SC book says 'of' is a middleman. Therefore, the subject is patchwork - singular - B and E are contendors. B clearly wins over E.
@soltan - I think your post is OK. X is one of the Ys that....(plural verb)....But, I have my reservations because if you really look at the formation 'X' is the subject of the sentence but not 'Y'. I think this formation is not addressed in Manhattan SC.
To answer the above question - The formation presented in the question is different than the one quote by @soltan. So, I am sure that the subject is 'patchwork'
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