How should this sentence be corrected “ the city council are meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the new park

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The sentence can be corrected for subject-verb agreement by changing "are" to "is," since "city council" is typically treated as a singular entity in American English. The corrected sentence is:

"The city council is meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the new park."

If you're using British English, "are" can be considered acceptable because "council" refers to a group of individuals. In that case, the sentence could remain as is, but it's more commonly revised for clarity in American English.