EXERCISE 33.3: THINKING CRITICALLY

EXERCISE 33.3: THINKING CRITICALLY

Reading with an Eye for Subject-Verb Agreement

Question

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1. “Marriage seems to me”; Marriage is singular2. “the divorce rate—with or without new babies in the house—remains constant”; divorce rate is singular3. “The fabric of men-and-women-as-they-once-were is so thin”; fabric is singular4. “no amount of patching can weave that cloth together”; amount is singular5. “but even stronger is the growing perception”; singular, subject is perception6. “that only people who are real to themselves”; plural, who refers to people7. “that only people who are real to themselves can connect”; people is plural8. “Two shall be as one is over”; singular, Two shall be as one is an expression that forms a singular subject9. “no matter how lonely we get”; we is plural

Thinking about Your Own Use of Subject-Verb Agreement

Question

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