Fix any errors with subject-verb agreement below. Click "Submit Answer" if there are none.I thought that Aaron or Grampa Simpson was in charge of the bake sale, but I guess one of them dropped the ball.
Question
Fix any errors with subject-verb agreement below. Click "Submit Answer" if there are none.I thought that Aaron or Grampa Simpson was in charge of the bake sale, but I guess one of them dropped the ball.
Solution
The sentence is correct. There are no errors with subject-verb agreement. In the sentence, "Aaron or Grampa Simpson" is considered singular because of the use of "or", so the verb "was" is appropriate. Similarly, "one of them" is also singular, so "dropped" is the correct form of the verb to use.
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