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Zorluk: OrtaSubject-Verb Agreement (Concord)

Each of the international delegates, in addition to the resident diplomats, _______ required to present a valid accreditation badge before entering the assembly hall. Which verb form appropriately completes the sentence according to the rules of concord?

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

Cevap

The singular verb form 'is' correctly completes the sentence.
The head subject of the sentence is 'Each', a distributive indefinite pronoun that takes a singular verb. The intervening parenthetical phrase 'in addition to the resident diplomats' does not compound the subject. Therefore, the singular verb 'is' correctly satisfies the rule of subject-verb agreement.

Adım Adım Çözüm

1
Identify the true grammatical subject of the clause.
The head subject of the clause is the indefinite pronoun 'Each', which is grammatically singular.
Indefinite pronouns such as 'each', 'every', 'either', and 'neither' take singular verbs.
2
Analyze parenthetical and intervening phrases.
The phrase 'in addition to the resident diplomats' is a prepositional modifier separating the subject from the verb.
Expressions introduced by 'in addition to', 'as well as', or 'together with' do not change the singular status of the main subject.
3
Select the matching singular verb form.
'is' is chosen to agree in number and person with 'Each'.
Singular subjects require singular verb forms in standard grammatical concord.

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