The list of animals that exhibits/exhibit a preference of either X or Y has been expanded to include blah blah blah..
As far as i know The list of is singular, so the corresponding verb, which in this case is "exhibits", should be singular too.However, the OA use exhibit as verb.
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The list of animals -> singular or plural
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The list is not what is doing the exhibiting, it is the animals, so the subject of the verb is plural, hence exhibit.
You can always ask yourself: What is doing the ____? in this case, exhibiting, to figure out what the verb's subject is.
You can always ask yourself: What is doing the ____? in this case, exhibiting, to figure out what the verb's subject is.
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the word "that" indicates a relative clause. That clause modifies the closest prior noun. So it is the animals that exhibit a preference...
The main verb is "has been expanded" and this is what corresponds to the subject "the list"
So that we have "The list is expanding" but "animals exhibit a preference."
The main verb is "has been expanded" and this is what corresponds to the subject "the list"
So that we have "The list is expanding" but "animals exhibit a preference."
