Standard English ConventionsVery hardVerb agreeing with criteria
Standard English Conventions practice question
The criteria for the award ____ published on the society's website each January.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. areCorrect
- B. is
- C. was
- D. has been
Answer: A. are
Criteria is plural, the plural of criterion.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. is
- Singular.
- C. was
- Singular and past.
- D. has been
- Singular.
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