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Standard English ConventionsEasyVerb agreeing with each

Standard English Conventions practice question

Each of the boxes ____ a label with the owner's name.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. hasCorrect
  2. B. have
  3. C. having
  4. D. are having

Answer: A. has

The subject is each, which is singular.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. have
Agrees with boxes, not each.
C. having
Not a finite verb.
D. are having
Plural, and the wrong sense.

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