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Difficulty: MediumSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by filling in the blank with the correct form of the auxiliary verb that satisfies the rules of grammatical concord.

Answer:A comprehensive record of all the financial transactions made during the previous fiscal quarters 【has】 been submitted to the auditing committee.

Answer

The correct word to complete the sentence is 'has'.
The singular auxiliary verb 'has' correctly matches the singular head subject noun 'record'. Intervening modifier phrases containing plural nouns such as 'transactions' or 'quarters' do not alter the number of the main subject.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the head noun of the subject phrase.
The core subject of the sentence is the singular noun 'record'.
The phrase 'of all the financial transactions made during the previous fiscal quarters' functions as a prepositional modifier and is not part of the core subject.
2
Select the verb form that agrees with the head noun.
A singular subject ('record') requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has'.
Grammatical concord mandates that the verb must agree in number with its grammatical subject regardless of intervening plural nouns.

Key Concept

Subject-Verb Concord with Intervening Prepositional Phrases
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