jain2016 wrote:The consistent rising of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is a good one for their clients to invest in.

A) The consistent rising of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is

B) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is

C) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company has convinced analysts that the company is

D) The consistently rising revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company was

E) The consistent rise in the revenues of the shipping company have convinced analysts that the company is

OAC

Hi Experts ,

In OA why not HAVE instead of HAS , because I guess the subject is revenues, which is plural right?

Please explain.

Many thanks in advance.

SJ

DavidG@VeritasPrep wrote:
"The rise" is the subject here, so a singular verb is appropriate. "In the revenues" is a prepositional phrase modifying that subject. Generally, if you see SINGULAR NOUN + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE, the prepositional phrase is simply modifying the noun and so the subject is singular.

"The class of students" = singular
"The box of crayons" = singular

(But, because English is irritatingly complicated, usage guides will grant rare exceptions to this rule. For example, "A large percentage of men work at home." Here "percentage" appears to be singular, but it's "men" that dictates the verb. Again, this is the exception, and is fairly rare.)