can someone help me pls.
What is wrong with these sentences
Boys ate every bit of the eggs, bacon, and grits that were in the refrigerator.

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can someone help me pls. 
What is wrong with these sentences
Boys ate every bit of the eggs, bacon, and grits that were in the refrigerator.

anonymous · Answer

sorry it's just one sentence.

anonymous · Answer

It's an odd sentence. Are we talking about particular boys? Or boys in general? If particular, it should be "The boys." I would also drop "that were." So:

The boys ate every bit of the eggs, bacon and grits in the refrigerator.

anonymous · Answer

"[E]very bit" is a singular noun, but "were" implies that what is in the refrigerator is plural.

Even though "eggs, bacon, and grits" is a list of three things, if they're combined into "every bit," it's just a singular deal.

anonymous · Answer

Just to be clear: if we're going to be using a singular noun phrase here, we need to change "were" to "was" to keep the agreement proper.

anonymous · Answer

moorea3, what was the correct answer. could you tell me all 10 answers thanks