Identify the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.
(a) Although the trend is shifting, careers in science and technolgy continue to attract predominately men.
(b) Although the trend is shifting, careers in science and technology continues to attract predominatley men.
(c) Neither of the two women who responded to my personal as seem like a suitable match for my outgoing, athletic nature.
(d) Neither of the two women who responded to my personal ad look like a suitable match for my outgoing, athletic nature.
I'm stuck between (a) and (b). Does continue need to be plural?? I thought so because careers -
I don't agree with the way (c) and (d) are wrote. Is a comma necessary between outgoing, athletic?? Also, on (d), should they have used look like a suitable match? I think they should have used better wording.
Definitely a = careers seem
b = careers continues (careers plural and continues singular = mismatch!)
Look closely at the rest:
neither seem (neither is singular & seem is plural)
neither look (same problem as b
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Take out everything except the subject and verb and see which is correct.
a) careers continue
b) careers continues
c) neither seem
d) neither look
Does this make it easier?
The commas in c and d are actually correct. Your instructions are just asking you to look at subject/verb agreement.
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The sentence with correct subject-verb agreement is (a): "Although the trend is shifting, careers in science and technology continue to attract predominantly men."
In this sentence, the subject is "careers in science and technology," which is plural. Therefore, the verb "continue" also needs to be plural to agree with the subject.
Regarding (c) and (d), let's analyze each sentence separately:
(c) "Neither of the two women who responded to my personal ad seem like a suitable match for my outgoing, athletic nature."
Here, the subject is "neither of the two women," which is singular. The verb "seem" is correct because it agrees with the singular subject.
(d) "Neither of the two women who responded to my personal ad look like a suitable match for my outgoing, athletic nature."
In this sentence, the verb "look" should actually be "looks" to match the singular subject "neither of the two women." So, you are correct that there should have been an adjustment in the verb tense.
Regarding the comma in "outgoing, athletic," the comma is unnecessary because "outgoing" and "athletic" are both adjectives describing the nature. Adjectives do not require a comma when they are directly modifying a noun.
To summarize:
(a) has correct subject-verb agreement, with the verb "continue" matching the plural subject "careers."
(c) has correct subject-verb agreement, with the verb "seem" matching the singular subject "neither of the two women."
(d) has incorrect subject-verb agreement, with the verb "look" needing to be "looks" to match the singular subject "neither of the two women."
The comma in "outgoing, athletic" is unnecessary in both (c) and (d).