Find the error with subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb and type it correctly.

English

1 answer:

maw [93]2 years ago

4 0

Answer:

The error is in the use of "was" before the subjects "pollution and disease".

The incorrect verb is "was".

The correct sentence will be "pollution and disease were to blame for the decimation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster population in the 1990s".

Explanation:

When we say the subject-verb agreement, then it means that the helping verb used is dependent on the number of the subject(s). This means that if the subject is singular, then the verb will be singular, and if it is plural, then the verb also becomes plural.

Now, taking the given sentence, we can see that the subjects are "pollution and disease", which is plural in nature. The use of "and" makes it plural, thereby making the use of the singular verb "was" wrong.

Thus, the correct sentence will be "pollution and disease were to blame for the decimation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster population in the 1990s".

You might be interested in

ASAP!!!

igomit [66]

OK it’s funny the first time but then after you use it five times movie go back to the kindergarten if you wanna have a come back like that OK go back to kindergarten if you want to have a come back like that well then just don’t have a personality that sound snotty and rude

3 0

3 years ago

Identify the compound-complex sentence.

Schach [20]

The correct answer is the first one

6 0

3 years ago

Telemarketing calls usatestprep Help me please

inn [45]

to inform telemarketers about new regulations for placing calls

8 0

3 years ago

A dialect is a nonstandard, sometimes regional, variation of a language, such as American

SSSSS [86.1K]

Answer:

The dialect used in Why, You Reckon gives the audience the idea that the character is not educated and, very likely, poor. It helps the enjoyment of the story. For example in the following quote

“Well sir, I ain’t never been mixed up in nothing wrong before nor since, and I don’t intend to be again, but I was hongry that night.” (Hughes 253)

3 0

3 years ago

The New Orleans Superdome was built in 1975 to host games between professional football teams. For over four decades, the space

Elodia [21]

It’s D thank me later my dawg

6 0

2 years ago