Choose the correct verb: ‘The number of applicants ___ increasing.’
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
Practice NET Engineering questions with answers and explanations.
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The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The number.'
Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.
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The name of an academic subject is treated as singular.
Thus, 'Mathematics is' is grammatically correct.
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The committee is viewed here as one unit because 'its' refers to the group collectively.
A singular collective meaning takes 'has.'
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The phrase refers to one combined meal rather than two separate items.
A singular verb is therefore appropriate.
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With 'either...or,' agreement is normally with the nearer subject.
The nearer subject 'brother' is singular, so 'is' is correct.
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A measurement considered as one total amount takes a singular verb.
The entire distance is treated as one unit.
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The subject is 'One,' not 'books.'
Because 'One' is singular, the verb must be 'is.'
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In a 'there is/are' construction, the verb agrees with the following real subject.
'Reasons' is plural, so 'are' is correct.
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'Before' introduces the dependent clause 'you leave.'
A word joining a subordinate clause to a main clause functions as a conjunction.
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The head noun of the subject is 'quality,' which is singular.
The plural noun in the prepositional phrase does not control agreement.
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'Useful' describes the noun 'suggestion.'
Words that modify nouns are adjectives.
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'Repaired' takes the direct object 'the engine.'
A verb that transfers its action to an object is transitive.