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by veenu08 » Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:29 am
Hi,

Can some one please tell me the subject over here-

Samantha, in addition to Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda, (is, are) going to the beach on Saturday.

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Veenu
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by melguy » Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:52 am
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by GMATGuruNY » Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:24 am
veenu08 wrote:Hi,

Can some one please tell me the subject over here-

Samantha, in addition to Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda, (is, are) going to the beach.

Regards,
Veenu
The only subject here is SAMANTHA:
SAMANTHA IS going to the beach.
The phrase in addition to Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda serves as an ADVERB providing context for HOW Samantha IS GOING to the beach.

The following phrases typically serve as ADVERBS:
in addition to X
along with X
as well as X
In each case, X serves as the OBJECT of the relevant preposition (to, with, as) and thus CANNOT be serving as a SUBJECT.
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