SANAM Pronouns- Manhattan Test

[kameshsubramanian]

Case 2: One of the many accomplishments of Archimedes was the invention of ...

For case 2- shouldn't it be were and not was

Similarly the below is a question from manhattan.

According to the international investment memorandum recently signed in Geneva, France is one of the 4 European nations planning to provide fewer tax incentives for foreign investment in production of heavy industrial machinery.

(a) planning to provide fewer
(b) planning to provide less
(c) planning on providing fewer
(d) which is planning on providing fewer
(e) that is planning to provide less

The original sentence uses the correct idiomatic construction "planning to provide." Additionally, the appropriate quantity modifier "fewer" is used to refer to the countable noun "incentives."

Choice D: The singular verb "is planning" does not agree with the plural subject "nations

The question on France was gotten from Manhattan tutorial. When "one of" is used shouldn't the subject be singular and not plural.

Moreover if the subject France is plural, shouldnt One of the many accomplishments of Archimedes be followed by verb were not were.

Is there a difference between the two

[tim]

"When "˜one of’ is used shouldn't the subject be singular and not plural."
I assume you mean to ask whether the verb should be singular and not plural. That is true when "one of" is the subject. Fortunately, that is exactly what is happening in the correct answer..

"Moreover if the subject France is plural, shouldnt One of the many accomplishments of Archimedes be followed by verb were not were."
This paragraph is total nonsense to me. First off, the word "France" is never plural. Second, "followed by verb were not were" is absolutely incomprehensible. Please try again..