Select the sentence that does NOT have an agreement error.
a. Patient has had no loss of consciousness, has no headache, and there is no pain in neck.
b. Patient has had no loss of consciousness, has no headache, and has no pain in neck.
c. Patient has had no loss of consciousness, he has no headache, and there is no pain in neck.
Answer:
Really unsure -
leaning towards 'c.'
not sure if you need 'he' because you are already talking about the patient.
I don't see any agreement errors.
Sentence b. has the only parallel construction; the others do not.
Let's see what the expert, Writeacher, says.
Answer:
'b' this answer is consistent with with the use of the word 'has'
'a' has had past tense - the addition of and there is no pain
I can't even guess at this one - just by the flow of how it sounds - so I am missing out on the RULE!
Please point me in the right direction.
Thanks
This has nothing to do with agreement. As Ms. Sue said, this has to do with parallel construction, and "b" is the only sentence that's correctly written.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm
Where are these questions coming from?
Yes, please tell us from what school you're taking this class.
I am taking a Medical Transcription Course - and this is the grammar portion.
I like how the class has integrated the medical terms with grammar. I hope the class is better at teaching medical transcription than grammar.
To determine whether there is an agreement error in the sentence, we need to check the subject-verb agreement. In this case, the subject is "Patient."
In sentence (a), the verb "has had" agrees with the singular subject "Patient," and the verb "is" agrees with the singular subject "there." So, there is no agreement error in this sentence.
In sentence (b), again, both the verbs "has had" and "has" agree with the singular subject "Patient." Therefore, there is no agreement error in this sentence.
In sentence (c), we see a different pronoun "he" being used instead of repeating "Patient." This introduces a potential agreement error since "Patient" is a singular noun and should be referred to using singular pronouns. However, it is worth noting that the use of "he" in this sentence could be interpreted as a stylistic choice or an acceptable alternative, even if it is not strictly grammatically correct. So, while sentence (c) seems slightly less preferred, it may not be considered an outright agreement error.
Based on this analysis, the correct answer would be (a) or (b), as both sentences do not have any agreement errors.