Standard English ConventionsVery hardAgreement with a subject that follows a list of modifiers
Standard English Conventions practice question
The set of tools, together with the workbench and the two lathes, ____ to be sold at auction.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. isCorrect
- B. are
- C. were
- D. being
Answer: A. is
The subject is 'set', singular; 'together with' does not change the number.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. are
- Plural, agreeing with the added items.
- C. were
- Plural and past.
- D. being
- Not a finite verb.
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