Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement Problems When the Subject Is an Indefinite Pronoun

For each of the following sentences, identify the correct subject/verb pairing.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 18.

example

Anyone who speaks another language (understands, understand) how difficult it can be to learn a new one.

a. Anyone/understands

b. Anyone/understand

c. language/understands

d. language/understand

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