Standard English ConventionsVery hardAgreement ignoring a together with phrase
Standard English Conventions practice question
The committee, together with its two advisers, ____ expected to report by June.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. isCorrect
- B. are
- C. were
- D. have been
Answer: A. is
"together with its two advisers" is parenthetical; the subject is "the committee", singular.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. are
- Plural, treating "together with" as "and".
- C. were
- Plural and past.
- D. have been
- Plural.
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