Avoiding Errors with Collective Subjects
Directions:
Complete each sentence below by underlining the correct word in parentheses.
Example:
A number of parents (objects, object) to the proposed longer school
year.
- Healthcare Associates (is, are) the firm that recently rented new office
space on Springdale Road.
- The team (accepts, accept) its plaque at a pep rally today.
- IBM (is, are) marketing computers for home buyers.
- Our group (remains, remain) united in its support of equal pay for equal
work.
- The Grapes of Wrath
(is, are) one of my favorite books.
- The number of people who apply fake beauty marks (is, are) surprising.
- Two years (was, were) a long engagement.
- Ten dollars an hour (is, are) a good salary for someone who has just
completed training.
- The faculty (is, are) leaving their seats and beginning to congratulate
the graduates.
- Eight hundred dollars (is, are) a good price for that car.
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