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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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In the sentence “Paul, Ringo, or George might plays at the wedding,” plays is incorrect because…
a. the sentence omits "John" and thus is a fragment.
b. verbs after modals do not take the third person singular "s".
c. "Paul, Ringo, or George" is a plural subject and does not agree with the third person singular "s" on "plays".
d. the conjunction "or" indicates that only one of them wants to play at the wedding, so the verb should not be plural.
b. verbs after modals do not take the third person singular "s".
c. "Paul, Ringo, or George" is a plural subject and does not agree with the third person singular "s" on "plays".
d. the conjunction "or" indicates that only one of them wants to play at the wedding, so the verb should not be plural.
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a. John has no relevance to this sentence, so its "omission" is irrelevant.
b. This is correct.
c. This is a modal situation, so the 3rd person "s" ending is not relevant here.
d. With a modal construction like this, The verb is "might play" regardless of whether the subject is plural or singular. For example, the following are correct:
Paul might play at t
b. This is correct.
c. This is a modal situation, so the 3rd person "s" ending is not relevant here.
d. With a modal construction like this, The verb is "might play" regardless of whether the subject is plural or singular. For example, the following are correct:
Paul might play at t
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Anonymousa. John has no relevance to this sentence, so its "omission" is irrelevant.b. This is correct.Clive did ask the OP to try for themselves.
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AnonymousI have no ideaVerbs after modals do not take the third person singular "s".
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