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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Choose the option that accurately maintains subject-verb concord in the following sentence:

"Each of the structural engineers, along with the project supervisors, _____ required to sign the safety audit before construction can resume."

Which word correctly completes the sentence?

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

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The correct option is 'is', because the singular indefinite pronoun 'Each' is the grammatical subject of the sentence.
The sentence head is the singular indefinite pronoun 'Each', which strictly requires a singular verb. The intervening phrase introduced by 'along with' is parenthetical and does not pluralize the subject. Therefore, the singular verb 'is' correctly fulfills the rule of subject-verb concord.

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1
Identify the grammatical head of the subject phrase.
The true subject is the singular indefinite pronoun 'Each'.
Indefinite pronouns such as 'Each', 'Every', and 'Either' function as singular head subjects.
2
Evaluate the effect of the intervening phrase.
The phrase 'along with the project supervisors' is a prepositional/parenthetical modifier and does not make the subject compound or plural.
Prepositional expressions like 'along with', 'as well as', and 'together with' do not join subjects conjunctively like 'and' does.
3
Select the singular verb form that matches the head subject.
The singular present tense verb 'is' establishes proper grammatical concord.
Singular subjects require singular verbs in present tense statements.

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Subject-Verb Concord with Indefinite Pronouns and Intervening Parenthetical Expressions
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Subject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

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