Standard English ConventionsHardVerb agreeing with results inside a whose-clause
Standard English Conventions practice question
The scientist whose results ____ questioned has now published her data.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wereCorrect
- B. was
- C. is
- D. has been
Answer: A. were
Inside the whose-clause the subject is results, plural.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. was
- Singular.
- C. is
- Singular and present.
- D. has been
- Singular.
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