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Standard English ConventionsVery hardAgreement across a relative clause

Standard English Conventions practice question

The set of instructions that came with the telescope, along with the star charts, ____ printed in four languages.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

  1. A. wasCorrect
  2. B. were
  3. C. have been
  4. D. are

Answer: A. was

The subject is "set", singular; "along with the star charts" does not make it plural.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. were
Plural, agreeing with "instructions" or "charts", neither of which is the subject.
C. have been
Plural.
D. are
Plural.

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