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Park cpu 565 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Subject Verb Agreement

Can you tell me which verb is correct?

1. She is one of the teachers who (insist/insists) that class continue on the lawn outside.

2. Asteroids and comets slamming into Earth (worry/worries) Marge.

3. Neither of those sharks circling your boogie board (look/looks) hungry enough to bite.

4. Any of the people in the crowd (is/are) in danger of arrest.

5. Neither of the women (has/have) been late to class this semester.

6. There (is/are) a dog, a cat, and a bird in the garage.

7. Here into the circus (come/comes) the trained elephants.

8. Neither of us (is/are) going to work.

Thanks.

  

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park cpu 565Can you tell me which verb is correct?

No, we would like you to make an attempt first, park cpu, and then we will check your effort.

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1. insist

2. worry

3. looks

4. is

5. has

6. is

7. come

8. is


Are they correct?

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These are wrong:

2. worry (though many native speakers would say this)

4. is/are (Both OK. This is a poor question.)

6. is/are (Both OK. This is another poor question.)

Also, native speakers often use 'are' with 'neither' nowadays. Overall, this quiz or homework is poorly conceived, using rather dated prescriptions.

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So, no. 2 should be worry or worries? The subject is asteroids and comets which should be plural. Is it correct? Therefore the verb should also be plural.

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