Standard English ConventionsMediumAgreement across an interrupting phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The results of the survey, released last week, ____ that most residents want the park kept open.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. suggestCorrect
- B. suggests
- C. suggesting
- D. has suggested
Answer: A. suggest
The subject is 'results', plural; 'survey' and 'week' are not the subject.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. suggests
- Agrees with 'survey', which is inside a prepositional phrase.
- C. suggesting
- Not a finite verb.
- D. has suggested
- Singular auxiliary.
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