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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

The series of public lectures on renewable energy, in addition to the hands-on laboratory sessions, _______ slated to commence at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Which option correctly completes the sentence to maintain proper grammatical concord?

  1. isCevap
  2. B
    are
  3. C
    were
  4. D
    have been

Cevap

The correct option is 'is'.
The subject of the sentence is the singular head noun phrase 'The series'. Expressions introduced by 'in addition to' are parenthetical and do not alter the grammatical number of the subject. Therefore, the singular verb 'is' is required.

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1
Identify the true head noun of the sentence subject.
The head noun is 'series', which is a singular noun in this context.
Prepositional phrases such as 'of public lectures on renewable energy' modify the head noun but do not change its grammatical number.
2
Evaluate quasi-conjunctions and parenthetical additions.
The phrase 'in addition to the hands-on laboratory sessions' is parenthetical.
Parenthetical expressions introduced by 'in addition to', 'along with', or 'as well as' do not pluralize the subject.
3
Select the verb form matching the singular subject and temporal context.
The singular present-tense verb 'is' agrees with 'series' and fits 'tomorrow morning'.
Singular subjects require singular verbs according to standard rules of grammatical concord.

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