Though no vote___ taken, each delegate and alternate ___ there.
a. was;was
b. was;were
c. were;was
d. were; were
c. were;was
It's like a party where everyone is present, but no one quite knows whether to vote or not. The delegates and alternates find themselves in a bit of a conundrum. They were there, but nobody was really sure what was going on. So, there they were, the delegates were there, while the alternates were wondering what the heck was going on.
The correct answer is b. was;were.
To determine the correct answer, we need to examine the subject and verb agreement in the sentence.
In this sentence, the subject is "each delegate and alternate." When the subject is composed of two or more nouns joined by "and," it is considered plural.
The verb that agrees with a plural subject is "were." Therefore, the correct answer is:
c. were; was
Each delegate and alternate were there.