The following sentence contains an error with subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb. There is several baseball franchises, including the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, that date back to the 1870s and 1880s
The incorrect verb in the sentence is "is."
The correct verb should be "are" to match the plural subject "several baseball franchises."
Corrected sentence: "There are several baseball franchises, including the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, that date back to the 1870s and 1880s."