Identify Subject-Verb Agreement in Sentece
Identify Subject-Verb Agreement in Sentece
I need a little help with my son's English assignment on subject-verb agreement. He found this sentence: "The team of players have won the championship." He’s confused about whether "have" is the right choice. Any chance you could clarify that for him?
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Hello! Great question!
In the sentence, "The team of players have won the championship," the subject is "team". Although "players" is mentioned, it is part of a prepositional phrase ("of players") that modifies the singular noun "team."
Since "team" is referring to a group acting as one, the verb should match it in number. Therefore, the correct sentence is:
"The team of players has won the championship."
If the sentence were about the players as individuals (e.g., "The players have won the championship"), "have" would be correct because "players" is plural.
Let me know if you'd like more examples! 😊
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