Discussion
Determine whether or not there is an error in the underlined portion of the sentence above. If there is no error, select answer choice "A".
*This question is included in Nova Press: Set B - Subject-Verb Agreement, question #3
| (A) | indicate that the country is becoming less tolerant, and therefore that |
| (B) | ... |
| (C) | ... |
| (D) | ... |
| (E) | ... |
| (F) | ... |
The solution is
Posted: 05/29/2012 21:54
How is the word, "That" a subordinating relative pronoun?
Posted: 05/30/2012 14:24
Hi Chad. Since "the rise in negative attitudes" is singular, the corresponding verb should be "indicates" with an "s". And "therefore" does not require an extra "that" behind it.
For a very good discussion on subordinate clause and what makes it (relative pronouns or subordinate conjunctions), please see http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm
For a very good discussion on subordinate clause and what makes it (relative pronouns or subordinate conjunctions), please see http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subordinateclause.htm