A verb flaw in agreement

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a verb flaw in agreementThe next passage is from an article from Reuters.http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-politics-samsung-group-idUSKBN14V0G6?il=0 Proving quid-pro-quo dealings between the Choi-linked organizations and Samsung are critical to prosecution efforts to bolster its case against President Park and show that she, or a surrogate such as Choi, collected bribes in exchange for favors, analysts said.In this sentence the underlined 'are' seems wrong in agreement.Since the subject of the sentence is 'proving', not 'quid-pro-quo dealings', the subject should be 'is', not 'are'.Am I right?Regards.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Stenka25Am I right?

Yes. Give yourself a big prize!

And did you notice how the sentence goes completely off the rails at "and show"?

CJ

Stenka25 · Answer

Thanks a lot, CJ.
Your prize gives me a cheer-up for a new year

And about another Question for "and show" I don't see any problem with that.
It just seems to modify 'prosecution efforts' with 'to bolster'.
Am I right?

Thanks a million for your additional Question.

CalifJim · Answer

Stenka25And about another Question for "and show" I don't see any problem with that.It just seems to modify 'prosecution efforts' with 'to bolster'.Am I right?

Yes. At first I thought it was "providing ... are ... and show", which should have been changed to "providing ... is ... and shows", but I see you are one step ahead of me on this one. I didn't get the structure right until you pointed it out.

CJ

Stenka25 · Answer

Thanks a lot, CJ

Your additional questions always give me a new prospect on English sentences.

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