☄TIP: Temporarily eliminating distracting prepositional phrases from sentences and clauses can make it easier to determine correct subject-verb agreement.
The paintings in the new exhibit at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth [ are / is ] fascinating and complex.
Sometimes, a sentence with multiple prepositional phrases may camouflage a compound subject. |
The first version of the document on the hard drive and the second version of the document on the flash drive [ is / are ] virtually identical.
Sometimes, prepositional phrases may camouflage a collective noun that is the subject of a clause or sentence. Collective nouns usually agree with singular verbs. |
Few of their ideas
are viable business propositions.
Other indefinite pronouns can be singular or plural, depending on the context. Often, a prepositional phrase following one of these pronouns can help determine if it is singular or plural.
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