Asked by christian

Read the sentence.

The dogs or the cat are responsible for the mess.

Which sentence best revises the subject-verb agreement error in the sentence?
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the mess.
The dogs or the cat is responsible for the mess.
The dogs and the cats are responsible for the mess.
The dogs or the cats is responsible for the messess.

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"The dogs or the cat is responsible for the mess."

When subjects are joined by "or," the verb agrees with the subject closest to it (the cat), so use the singular verb "is."