The sentence that has a correct subject-verb agreement is:
A) My cousin, along with two friends, is arriving today.
<span>Explanation: The words ‘along with, besides, as well as, not, etc.’ separates the subject from the verb. These words are not a part of the subject. These words should be ignored. A singular verb should be used if the subject singular.</span>
In Nectar in a Sieve, Nathan can be described as a flat and static character.
Cause and effect pattern is used.
Explanation:
Climate change pressures will influence marine planktonic systems globally, and it is conceivable that harmful algal blooms may increase in frequency and severity.
These pressures will be manifest as alterations in temperature, stratification, light, ocean acidification, precipitation-induced nutrient inputs, and grazing, but absence of fundamental knowledge of the mechanisms driving harmful algal blooms frustrates most hope of forecasting their future prevalence.
There is expectation that harmful algal bloom (HAB) geographical domains should expand in some cases, as will seasonal windows of opportunity for harmful algal blooms at higher latitudes.
B makes sense, because when you are translating from another language there are often many different words that mean the same thing. Therefore, the translator would get to choose which one to use.
This is not really a structural decision, but it is the only answer which would stay true to the original story. The translator’s job is the change the language. not the whole story. Therefore, A, C, or D can not be correct.
