Question

1) The thief and the eye-witness
(i) has escaped
(ii) has been escaping
(iii) was escaping
(iv) have escaped​

Answer 1

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1) The thief and the eyewitness

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i) has escaped

Answer 2

The thief and the eye-witness have escaped.

• In the sentence, the noun 'the thief and the eye witness' describes every single person.
• We know that after the singular form of noun we should always use have and the last form of the verb.
• Thus, the sentence is "The thief and the eye-witness have escaped".
• Thus, the correct option is (iv).