Examination :Please fill in the best correct option from A-D and kindly state your location. The simple English language test would be used to ascertain the speaking ability of most Nairalanders especially those who always claim to be Prof by correcting and quoting others for poor use of grammars.
The answer will be revealed at the end of the thread.
Good Luck.
Cc. Lalastical pls do the needful

D.

C is the answer

D

D

B

it is A

C

C

A and here is why
When a third person subject is singular, the plural verb is used (woman - sells) whereas if it were a plural subject then the verb would be singular (women - sell)

myners007:
Examination :Please fill in the best correct option from A-D and kindly state your location. The simple English language test would be used to ascertain the speaking ability of most Nairalanders especially those who always claim to be Prof by correcting and quoting others for poor use of grammars.
The answer will be revealed at the end of the thread.
Good Luck.
Cc. Lalastical pls do the needful

The correct option is “A“ because it has singular subject which wl attract plural verb. The structure is SVOO.

Sells/sell

Also depends.

A) sells/sells

C.

C

a

A of course

C

All options are very wrong except A

Its definetely A
We have a singular noun

Raina80:
A and here is why
When a third person subject is singular, the plural verb is used (woman - sells) whereas if it were a plural subject then the verb would be singular (women - sell)

Lols. Not in all cases. Ever heard of proximity and notional concord?

Kentnickole:


The correct option is “A“ because it has singular subject which wl attract plural verb. The structure is SVOO.

LOL. We're not talking about sentence structure here.

plavic:


Lols. Not in all cases. Ever heard of proximity and notional concord?

Just because you have not heard of it does not mean it does not exist.

Raina80:

Just because you have not heard of it does not mean it does not exist.

Lols. Of course I know it exists. Why else would I ask if you knew 'them.' (i mentioned two btw)

I was trying to tell you that it's not in all cases that singular nouns take plural verbs and vice versa.

plavic:


Lols. Of course I know it exists. Why else would I ask if you knew 'them.' (i mentioned two btw)

I was trying to tell you that it's not in all cases that singular nouns take plural verbs and vice versa.

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Look I am not looking for a tutorial. My response was specific to the question posed. May I be excused from this dialogue now?

Raina80:
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Look I am not looking for a tutorial. My response was specific to the question posed. May I be excused from this dialogue now?

RAINA, No one is giving you free tutorials. If I ever wanted to take tutorials, I would demand some payments. Nothing is free for even I buy books for knowledge.

BYE.

plavic:

LOL. We're not talking about sentence structure here.

Lol... Just trying to drive my point further.