Rewrite each of these sentences, correcting any errors in subject-verb agreement. If the subject and verb, write Correct.
1. No one of Columbus' sailors are in good health.
A: Correct?
2. Neither success nor victory comfort the dying soldier.
A: Neither success nor victory comforts the dying soldier.
Choose which word correctly completes the sentence.
3. We had two orchards; one (lay, laid) at the foot of a little hill and stretched to the paddocks.
A: lay
4. After eating it, we felt so fulll that we had to (lie, lay) down on the couch.
A: lie
Please!
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
1. Not one of Columbus' soldiers are in good health.
A: Not one of Columbus' soldiers is in good health?
Right. Not one is singular.
1. No one of Columbus' sailors is in good health.
Explanation: The subject "no one" is singular, so the verb "are" should be changed to "is" to agree with the subject.
2. Neither success nor victory comforts the dying soldier.
Explanation: Both "success" and "victory" are singular, so the verb "comforts" agrees with the subject.
3. We had two orchards; one lay at the foot of a little hill and stretched to the paddocks.
Explanation: In this sentence, "one" is the subject and its verb should be in the past tense. Therefore, we should use "lay" instead of "laid."
4. After eating it, we felt so full that we had to lie down on the couch.
Explanation: In this sentence, "lie" is the correct choice because it is the correct form of the verb that means to recline or be in a horizontal position. "Lay" would be incorrect here, as it is the past tense of "lie" and does not fit the context of the sentence.