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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Verb Agreement

Read the passage below:

Deep within the archives of the museum, a team of conservators works tirelessly to protect ancient artifacts. The preservation of these fragile silk scrolls, which requires a highly stable climate-controlled environment, demand meticulous attention to detail. Every fluctuation in humidity could cause irreparable damage.

Which of the following choices represents the correct form of the underlined word to maintain grammatical agreement in the sentence?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. demandsCevap
  3. C
    demanded
  4. D
    demanding

Cevap

The correct choice is 'demands' because the singular subject 'preservation' requires the singular, present-tense verb 'demands' to maintain proper subject-verb agreement.
The correct verb form is the singular, present-tense 'demands' because the subject of the sentence is the singular noun 'preservation'. The plural noun 'scrolls' within the intervening prepositional phrase does not affect the agreement of the main verb.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Locate the subject of the clause containing the underlined verb.
The subject is the singular noun phrase 'The preservation'.
Identifying the head noun of the subject phrase determines whether the verb must be singular or plural.
2
Identify any intervening modifiers that might distract from the true subject.
The prepositional phrase 'of these fragile silk scrolls' and the relative clause 'which requires a highly stable climate-controlled environment' separate the subject 'preservation' from the verb.
Intervening elements often contain plural nouns (like 'scrolls') that can be mistaken for the subject.
3
Match the singular subject with the correct present-tense verb form.
The singular verb 'demands' is required to agree with 'preservation'.
The passage is written in the present tense ('works', 'requires'), so the verb must also be in the present tense.

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