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

[pranabiitkgp]

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 ?

[jnelson0612]

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!

[pranabiitkgp]

Thanks Jamie for the clarification .

[jnelson0612]

My pleasure, thank you.

[himanshu_chauhan]

Why we cant use adjective loud instead of adverb loudly??

[RonPurewal]

Per the forum rules, please reproduce the problem in its entirety. We can't continue to discuss it otherwise.

Thanks.