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Difficulty: MediumSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by providing the form of the verb 'to have' that correctly satisfies the rules of grammatical concord.

Answer:More than one applicant 【has】 submitted the required documentation before the midnight deadline.

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has
The correct verb is 'has' because the expression 'more than one' followed immediately by a singular countable noun ('applicant') grammatically governs a singular verb.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the subject structure of the sentence.
The noun phrase acting as the subject begins with the formulaic quantifier 'More than one' followed by the singular noun 'applicant'.
Identifying the head quantifier and head noun determines the concord agreement rule to apply.
2
Apply the grammatical concord rule governing 'more than one + singular noun'.
In standard English grammar, the construction 'more than one' followed by a singular countable noun strictly requires a singular verb, despite its semantically plural implication.
Syntactic form takes precedence over semantic notion in 'more than one' constructions.
3
Supply the correct present tense singular form of the verb 'to have'.
The singular verb form is 'has'.
'Has' agrees in number with the singular subject structure.

Key Concept

Concord with 'More than one'
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