Standard English ConventionsMediumAgreement with 'every'
Standard English Conventions practice question
Every one of the lamps along the pier ____ lit at dusk.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. isCorrect
- B. are
- C. being
- D. were
Answer: A. is
'Every one' is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. are
- Plural, agreeing with 'lamps'.
- C. being
- Not a finite verb.
- D. were
- Plural and past.
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