Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels through extensive storm sewer system and mixes with wastewater in the combined sewers or infiltrates into sanitary sewers.
A. Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
B. Storm water has collected, dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travel
C. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travel
D. Storm water, collecting dirt, oil, grease, and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travels
E. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
OA is E.
My question is 'water' is singular so should it not have been 'has' instead of 'have'.
Sentence Correction - Subject Verb agreement
This topic has expert replies
- DavidG@VeritasPrep
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 2663
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:25 am
- Location: Boston, MA
- Thanked: 1153 times
- Followed by:128 members
- GMAT Score:770
"Having" is the participle form of "to have," and functions as adjective.ng2 wrote:Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels through extensive storm sewer system and mixes with wastewater in the combined sewers or infiltrates into sanitary sewers.
A. Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
B. Storm water has collected, dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travel
C. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travel
D. Storm water, collecting dirt, oil, grease, and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travels
E. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
OA is E.
My question is 'water' is singular so should it not have been 'has' instead of 'have'.
Correct: Having run out of oxygen, Dave began to panic. ("Having" functions as an adjective that modifies "Dave."
Correct: Dave has run out of oxygen. "Has" functions as a singular helping verb whose subject is "Dave."
GMAT/MBA Expert
-
- GMAT Instructor
- Posts: 272
- Joined: Wed Nov 09, 2016 11:11 am
- Location: Lahore, Pakistan
- Thanked: 87 times
- Followed by:204 members
What is the source?ng2 wrote:Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels through extensive storm sewer system and mixes with wastewater in the combined sewers or infiltrates into sanitary sewers.
A. Storm water has collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
B. Storm water has collected, dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travel
C. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travel
D. Storm water, collecting dirt, oil, grease, and a lot of other pollutants along the way, and travels
E. Storm water, having collected dirt, oil, grease and a lot of other pollutants along the way, travels
OA is E.
My question is 'water' is singular so should it not have been 'has' instead of 'have'.
In OA, lack of comma before and is problematic. (More so when one (D) has it).