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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject? A. My cousins and my aunt stops by our house after shopping. B. She and her aunts have voted in the election. C. Both Susan and Irma is home sick with colds. D. A saw and a hammer makes a carpenter's job easier.

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

What is a verb?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a action word

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

so, stops voted is makes

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

do you know what a compound subject is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i forgot

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

http://grammar.about.com/od/c/g/comsubjecterm.htm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i say B

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

I agree! "Both Susan and Irma is home" should be" are" instead of "is" "My cousins and my aunt stops by our house after shopping." should be "stop" not "stops" "A saw and a hammer makes a carpenter's job easier." should be "make" not "makes"

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

do you agree?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes ma,am i agree.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ty

OpenStudy (tatumlee):

good job!

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