Standard English ConventionsMediumSubject-verb agreement with a title as subject
Standard English Conventions practice question
'Selected Letters', the collection published last spring, ____ mostly correspondence with the author's editor.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. containsCorrect
- B. contain
- C. are containing
- D. have contained
Answer: A. contains
A title is singular even when its words are plural: 'Selected Letters' contains.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. contain
- 'Contain' agrees with 'letters' as a plural noun, not with the title as one work.
- C. are containing
- 'Are containing' is plural.
- D. have contained
- 'Have contained' is plural.
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