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Eng 1. Subject/Verb Agreement With Indefinite Pronouns and False Plurals. P . 562. Some of Julio’s best friends (is, are) majoring in business. Nothing (tastes, taste) as good as an ice-cold Coke on a hot summer day.

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  1. Eng 1 Subject/Verb Agreement With Indefinite Pronouns and False Plurals

  2. P. 562 • Some of Julio’s best friends (is, are) majoring in business. • Nothing (tastes, taste) as good as an ice-cold Coke on a hot summer day. • Each of the girls on the team (has, have) a 20-minute warm-up routine. • Some of Julio’s friends are majoring in business. • Nothing tastes as good as an ice-cold Coke on a hot summer day. • Each of the girls on the team has a 20-minute warm-up routine.

  3. None of the buildings in the path of the hurricane still (stands, stand). • Neither of the candidates in the mayoral race (has, have) gone into full mud-slinging mode—yet. • None of the buildings in the path of the hurricane still stand. • Neither of the candidates in the mayoral race has gone into full mud-slinging mode—yet.

  4. Most of Sarah’s friends (thinks, think) that she is a hard worker. • Everyone watching the surfers (agree, agrees) that this group is the best. • Most of Sarah’s friends think that she is a hard worker. • Everyone watching the surfers agrees that this group is the best.

  5. P. 565 • Jaws(is, are) a movie that made many people reluctant to swim in the ocean. • The whole gathering (believes, believe) in the imminent destruction of earth. • Jawsis a movie that made many people reluctant to swim in the ocean. • The whole gathering believes in the imminent destruction of the earth.

  6. The audience (applauds, applaud) enthusiastically, hoping for one more encore. • A whole flock of Canadian geese (is flying, are flying) through the airspace above La Guardia airport. • The audience applauds enthusiastically, hoping for one more encore. • A whole flock of Canadian geese isflying through the airspace above La Guardia airport.

  7. Five hundred dollars (is, are) too much for this guitar. • The only pants I have (is, are) in the dryer. • Five hundred flat miles across Kansas (is, are) too far to drive to reach Denver. • Five hundred dollars is too much for this guitar. • The only pants I have are in the dryer. • Five hundred flat miles across Kansas is too far to drive to reach Denver.

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