nick_zen Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 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 © 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCapri Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 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. Many of them refers to the farmworkers, so it should be whom and has to be followed with are. So, IMO B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 but "surrounds " is not agree with the plural subject, I mean "green fields" !! I would prefer C with "whom" instead of "who" any taker ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourav106 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 IMO A Surrounds is used to show present tense patchwork of green fields......surround (A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them ---> Correct (B) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are ---> Surrounds incorrect, Bcoz referred to patchwork, Whom is incorrect too © surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of who are ---> Who usage is incorrect (D) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustle with farm workers, many of which --> Which is for things (E) surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many are ---> Surrounds incorrect, Bcoz referred to patchwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I think the subject is "patchwork" not green fields. B is best as explained above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 IMO A Surrounds is used to show present tense patchwork of green fields......surround (A) surround the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them ---> Correct But, isn't "bustles" also signify present tense in A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 @scorpion.ks check this out , I got it from Psahil's note : A sentence like ‘X is one of the Y that are. Are is the correct use. Such a sentence always should have a subject verb agreement with Y and not with X. obviously we need "are" in the second part , so rule out A and D . B and E have S-V flaw ! so left with C ! although I still have problem with "who" !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourav106 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Surrounds is used to show present tense this was flaw in my reasoning i feel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faust Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 IMO B is the correct answer, patchwork is the subject of the sentence, hence surround needs to agree with patchwork. Soltan - of is the middleman, it's there to confuse you. Farm workers is not the subject of the sentence, whom needs to be use instead of who. You only use who to refer the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 in second thought may be you are right ! since it doesn't have "one " !!! I am lost dude !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourav106 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 after all the discussion now i m confused with A and B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 in second thought may be you are right ! since it doesn't have "one " !!! I am lost dude !! I was just about to write that where is "one" in sentence but then I refreshed the page and saw this post. coz with "x is one of the Ys....I agree 100% with you. I follow it" But really, can you find any example where you see "X of Ys that is" vs "X of Ys that are" where X is singular, Y is plural. I am more or less sure that X will derive the verb but want to be 100% sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unplugged Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 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 © 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 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' Cheers, Unplugged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannu08 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Confused between B and E. @scorpain: tell me the usage of many and many of whom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion.ks Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Confused between B and E. @scorpain: tell me the usage of many and many of whom. I will tell you a different thing. "many of whom" clears ambiguity what does "many" refer to. "whom" can only refer to "workers", and not "green fields". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickqwerty Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 i think B is the correct answer. First of all, surrounds is the right form of verb as 'patchwork' is the subject. so, a,c and d are gone. between b and e, b is better as 'many are' in e is not correct. It creates a confusion regarding the noun which is pointed by many. so, e is gone and b is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
800Bob Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 "Surround" and "surrounds" are both correct. It depends on whether you want "that" to refer to "patchwork" or to "fields". Both interpretations make sense. The patchwork of green fields that surrounds... Here it's the patchword that surrounds. The patchwork of green fields that surround... Here it's the fields that surround. What's the difference? None. The problem with A is the ambiguous reference of "them". Does the pronoun refer to "fields" or to "workers"? In choice B there is no ambiguity. "Whom" can refer only to people, and so here the pronoun refers unambiguously to "workers". The best response is B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchikumar Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 "Surround" and "surrounds" are both correct. It depends on whether you want "that" to refer to "patchwork" or to "fields". Both interpretations make sense. The patchwork of green fields that surrounds... Here it's the patchword that surrounds. The patchwork of green fields that surround... Here it's the fields that surround. What's the difference? None. The problem with A is the ambiguous reference of "them". Does the pronoun refer to "fields" or to "workers"? In choice B there is no ambiguity. "Whom" can refer only to people, and so here the pronoun refers unambiguously to "workers". The best response is B. Bob: you are simply the best :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 B is the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 B it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KVI Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 I bet on B too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaped Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 IMO c... B and E are impossible. "of green fields that ..." fields is plural, surrounds is incorrect. It has to be surround. We are left with A C and D. "Joaquin Valley town..." is singular so should be bustles and not Bustle. So D is voted out. A is visibly incorrect so correct answer is C, even if we do not consider who and whom issue. Also the subject in the sentence are the workers who and not whom "are in the area just for the season". OA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effective_factor Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 IMO c... B and E are impossible. "of green fields that ..." fields is plural, surrounds is incorrect. It has to be surround. We are left with A C and D. "Joaquin Valley town..." is singular so should be bustles and not Bustle. So D is voted out. A is visibly incorrect so correct answer is C, even if we do not consider who and whom issue. Also the subject in the sentence are the workers who and not whom "are in the area just for the season". OA? OA is B BoB 800has already replied to this post. see previous page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaped Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 That is not the OA!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaped Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 OA is A, which is acceptible. It has "Surround" and not "surrounds". I can accept "them" instead of "who" , but again whom is totally incorrect. Wakie Wakie...!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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