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Zorluk: ZorSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Complete the sentence below by supplying the correct present-tense verb form for each blank in accordance with subject-verb concord rules.

Cevap:Professor Kalu is one of the distinguished scholars who 【serve】 on the national advisory panel, where the number of pending policy submissions 【has】 reached an all-time high.

Cevap

The first blank requires the plural verb 'serve' and the second blank requires the singular verb 'has'.
In the relative clause 'who serve on the national advisory panel', the relative pronoun 'who' modifies the plural noun 'scholars', necessitating the plural verb 'serve'. In the secondary clause, 'the number of' functions grammatically as a singular entity, requiring the singular auxiliary verb 'has'.

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1
Identify the antecedent of the relative pronoun for the first blank.
In the construction 'one of the distinguished scholars who...', the relative pronoun 'who' refers to the plural antecedent 'distinguished scholars'.
Relative pronouns take the person and number of their immediate antecedent noun phrase.
2
Select the correct verb agreement for the first blank.
The plural antecedent 'scholars' requires the plural verb form 'serve'.
Plural subjects require plural verbs in present tense.
3
Determine the subject head for the second blank.
The subject phrase is introduced by 'the number of pending policy submissions'.
The expression 'the number of' denotes a singular unit/specified figure, unlike 'a number of' which denotes a plural quantity.
4
Select the correct verb agreement for the second blank.
The singular subject head 'the number' requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has'.
Singular subject heads dictate singular verb forms regardless of intervening plural modifiers like 'submissions'.

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Relative Clause Agreement and Fixed Expressions of Quantity
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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