Standard English ConventionsMediumVerb agreeing with the number of
Standard English Conventions practice question
The number of visitors ____ risen every year since 2015.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. hasCorrect
- B. have
- C. having
- D. are
Answer: A. has
The number is singular; visitors is inside a phrase.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. have
- Agrees with visitors.
- C. having
- Not a finite verb.
- D. are
- Plural, and the wrong auxiliary.
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