Plural usage

by **Stockmoose16** Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:41 pm

With its plan to develop seven and a half acres of shore land, Celeveland is but one of a large number of communities on the Great Lakes that is looking to its waterfront as a way to improve the quality of urban life and attract new businesses.

b) is looking at its waterfront to improve the quality of urban life and attract
c) are looking to their waterfronts to improve the quality of urban life and attract
d) are looking to its waterfront as a way of improving the quality of urban life and attracting
e) are looking at their waterfronts as a way they can improve the quality of urban life and attract

Why is 'are' the correct usage here? The MGMAT book says to ignore everything after the 'of' clause when trying to determine plural or singular tense. In this case, it says, "one of," which should be singular. Can a GMAT expert explain why the Manhattan book is wrong?

by **RonPurewal** Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:30 pm

see this post. the same issue is at work here, so that thread should resolve any issues you might have.

if you still have questions, feel free to post back.

by **Guest** Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:04 pm

What's the OA to this? C?

by **RonPurewal** Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:44 am

Anonymous Wrote:What's the OA to this? C?

i do believe so.