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Question 59

Which sentences show standard agreement when an additive phrase intervenes? Select all that apply.

  1. The director, as well as the actors, is attending the rehearsal.Correct answer
  2. The actors, along with the director, are attending the rehearsal.Correct answer
  3. The director, together with the actors, are attending the rehearsal.
  4. The actors, accompanied by the director, is attending the rehearsal.

Explanation

The director sentence correctly uses singular is with director, and the actors sentence correctly uses plural are with actors. The nearby nouns inside together-with and accompanied-by phrases do not control agreement, so are after director and is after actors are errors.

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