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MGMAT SC -page97- problem 6 - People, who talk loudly..

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pranabiitkgp
 Post subject: MGMAT SC -page97- problem 6 - People, who talk loudly..
 Post Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:06 am 
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Whether this 'people' as a subject of the sentence is rightly used as plural , although I can see in the no underline section there has 'show' instead of 'shows' . Should not this be shows and the problem itself should be corrected? Or people as a subject can be both singular and plural ?
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT SC -page97- problem 6 - People, who talk loudly..
 Post Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:30 am 
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People is indeed a plural subject because it describes multiple people. If we used a later pronoun with "people" as the antecedent", we would need a plural pronoun such as "they", not a singular such as "he" or "it".

Try it in another sentence:

People IS lazy. (singular verb) OR
People ARE lazy. (plural verb)

Clearly "people" should be considered a plural noun.

Thanks!

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pranabiitkgp
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT SC -page97- problem 6 - People, who talk loudly..
 Post Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 1:31 am 
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Thanks Jamie for the clarification .
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jnelson0612
 Post subject: Re: MGMAT SC -page97- problem 6 - People, who talk loudly..
 Post Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 10:04 pm 
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My pleasure, thank you.

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