[1] Alejandro’s guidance counselor is helping him plan his schedule for next year. [2] She suggests that he take AP Chemistry and AP French to improve his chances of getting into college. [3] Neither he nor his parents thinks he’ll have time to do the work for both courses. [4] Alejandro plans to wait until the week before school starts to decide.
Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4
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Sentence 3
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The sentence with a subject-verb agreement error is:
Neither he nor his parents thinks he’ll have time to do the work for both courses.
(sentence 3)
What is the subject-verb agreement?
- According to the subject-verb agreement rule, the subject and verb should agree with each other in singular/plural terms.
- If the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular and similarly, if the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.
- For example, in sentence 4, the subject is only one person (Alejandro), so the verb also refers to that single person (plans, instead of plan).
- In sentence 3, the subject is plural (Neither he nor his parents) so the verb must also be plural (think instead of thinks).
Hence, the correct statement should be:
Neither he nor his parents think he’ll have time to do the work for both courses.
Thus the correct option is- sentence 3.
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