Standard English ConventionsMediumSingular verb for a pair
Standard English Conventions practice question
A pair of gloves ____ left on the bus.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. wasCorrect
- B. were
- C. have been
- D. being
Answer: A. was
The subject is pair, which is singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. were
- Agrees with gloves, not pair.
- C. have been
- Plural.
- D. being
- Not a finite verb.
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