Their professor, who was known for his imposing demeanor, looked around the classroom before stating. "Each of you students are responsible for arriving to class on time"
Which of the following language conventions is violated in the sentence above?
a.Punctuation for a nonessential clause
b.Verb tense
c.Subject-verb agreement
d.Punctuation for a direct quote
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What do you think?
i think D because there's no comma after stating.
I did not see a nonessential clause, so I didn't think it could be A
See the problem here?
Each of you students are responsible ...
yes, therefore it should be subject-verb agreement. right?
It's neither D nor A.
Check this site.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
Yes, it is subject - verb agreement.
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