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indicate/indicates

by pratyush.mathur » Sun May 31, 2009 10:55 am
The government's projections on business growth
and unemployment, along with its specific reports
on prices and wages in individual companies,
indicates inflationary pressures subsiding.

(A) indicates inflationary pressures subsiding
(B) has indicated the subsiding of inflationary
pressures
(C) indicate that inflationary pressures are
subsiding
(D) is indicative that inflationary pressures are
subsiding
(E) are indicative of inflationary pressures

OA C

Could anybody explain, where do we use indicate and indicates?
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by poonam1279 » Sun May 31, 2009 12:17 pm
Here subject is The government's projections on business growth
and unemployment. govt projections and unemployment so the subject is plural. When we use plural subject verb will be indicate.
Indicates is used with singular subject.
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