phelps wrote:value of benefits, sick days, and paid vacation days ..are included

or is included ?????

uptowngirl92 wrote:ok i gave it a glance n' got this one wrong.
Pls somebody explain I chose ARE over IS b'coz three sublects are joined with an "and"..doesnt this requre a plural verb?

phelps wrote:514. Most Corporations pay at least twice as much to full-time employees, if the value of benefits, sick days, and paid vacation days are included in earnings, than to part-time employees, whose hourly wages are often higher than those of their full-time colleagues.
(A) are included in earnings, than - value is singular so we should use "is" here instead of "are"
(B) are included in earnings, as - value is singular so we should use "is" here instead of "are"
(C) is included in earnings, than they pay - Incorrect. Noun-verb matching is done properly. However, the use of "than" is incorrect here. We are using "twice as much to..." so "as" should be making the second phrase.
(D) is included in earnings, as is paid - Parallelism issue here.
(E) is included in earnings, as they pay - Correct.

OA E

rookiez wrote:What's wrong in D?