. Explain what is wrong with the following sentence and revise as needed to correct the problem: “A glove and ball is the required gear.”
The subject is plural, but the verb is singular.
What is your correction and revision?
A glove and ball are the requred equitment.
correct?
The problem with the sentence "A glove and ball is the required gear" is a subject-verb agreement error. In this case, "glove and ball" is a compound subject, which means it should take a plural verb form. To correct this error, we should change the singular verb "is" to the plural verb "are" to match the plural subject "glove and ball."
Revised sentence: "A glove and ball are the required gear."