Question

Is the sentence ‘The swarm of bees were enraged when their nest was moved.’

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

No, the sentence should be corrected to "The swarm of bees was enraged when their nest was moved."

"Swarm" is a collective noun that functions as a singular noun, so it should be paired with the singular verb "was" instead of "were".

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The sentence 'The swarm of bees were enraged when their nest was moved.' contains a subject-verb agreement error. The word "swarm," which is a collective noun, should take a singular verb form. Therefore, the correct sentence would be: 'The swarm of bees was enraged when their nest was moved.'