Standard English ConventionsEasy–MediumAgreement with 'nobody'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Nobody in the village ____ where the old road went.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. remembersCorrect
- B. remember
- C. remembering
- D. have remembered
Answer: A. remembers
'Nobody' is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. remember
- Plural.
- C. remembering
- Not a finite verb.
- D. have remembered
- Plural auxiliary.
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