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Zorluk: Çok zorSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Consider the sentence below:

"A substantial proportion of the ancient manuscript, together with several rare historical relics, _____ scheduled for preservation, although not one of the curators who _____ managing the exhibit has expressed satisfaction."

Which pair of verbs correctly fills the blanks in the sentence above?

  1. is / areCevap
  2. B
    are / is
  3. C
    are / are
  4. D
    is / is

Cevap

The option containing the verb pair 'is / are' correctly completes the sentence while maintaining proper grammatical concord.
The verb pair 'is / are' is correct because the subject head in the first clause is 'manuscript' (singular), which governs the verb 'is' regardless of the parenthetical phrase 'together with...'. In the second clause, the relative pronoun 'who' modifies the plural antecedent 'curators', requiring the plural verb 'are'.

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1
Analyze the head noun and modifier structure of the first subject clause.
In the phrase 'A substantial proportion of the ancient manuscript', the fractional quantifier 'a proportion of' derives its grammatical number from the object of the preposition, 'manuscript' (singular). Furthermore, additions introduced by 'together with' are quasi-conjunctions/prepositional modifiers that do not make the subject compound or plural.
Parenthetical expressions such as 'together with', 'as well as', and 'along with' do not alter the number of the true subject.
2
Determine the correct verb for the first blank.
The singular subject 'manuscript' requires the singular verb form 'is'.
A singular head noun must take a singular finite verb.
3
Identify the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'who' in the second clause.
In the construction 'not one of the curators who...', the relative pronoun 'who' introduces a defining relative clause that directly modifies the plural noun 'curators', which acts as its antecedent.
In relative clause constructions following 'one of the [plural noun] who/that', the relative pronoun refers to the plural noun, not to the word 'one'.
4
Determine the correct verb for the second blank.
Since 'curators' is plural, the relative clause verb must be plural ('are'). Note that the main clause verb 'has expressed' correctly agrees with the singular subject 'not one'.
The verb inside a relative clause must agree in number with the antecedent of the relative pronoun.

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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord) with Fraction Quantifiers, Quasi-Conjunctions, and Relative Clause Antecedents
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