Question
Which sentence below demonstrates incorrect subject-verb agreement?
A.
The movie was based on real-life events and people.
B.
The high school students saw the movie at school.
C.
One teenager raised funds to produce the movie.
D.
The audience were restless throughout the movie.
A.
The movie was based on real-life events and people.
B.
The high school students saw the movie at school.
C.
One teenager raised funds to produce the movie.
D.
The audience were restless throughout the movie.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sentence that demonstrates incorrect subject-verb agreement is:
D. The audience were restless throughout the movie.
The correct form should be "The audience was restless throughout the movie," since "audience" is a collective noun that is treated as singular when referring to the group as a whole.
D. The audience were restless throughout the movie.
The correct form should be "The audience was restless throughout the movie," since "audience" is a collective noun that is treated as singular when referring to the group as a whole.