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Stockmoose16
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Hello,
I'm a native English speaker, but I'm confused by the following sentence:
"Recent studies have shown that there are now one teacher for every thirty-one students"
The book (Kaplan 800) says that "are" is incorrect, but this doesn't make sense, because the subject of the verb is "Recent Studies" (plural). Here's the test to prove it:
What have shown that there now one teacher for every thirty-one students?"
ANSWER: RECENT STUDIES
Why is "are" incorrect in the original sentence? And is there a way to rewrite this sentence to clarify whether it should be are/is?
I'm a native English speaker, but I'm confused by the following sentence:
"Recent studies have shown that there are now one teacher for every thirty-one students"
The book (Kaplan 800) says that "are" is incorrect, but this doesn't make sense, because the subject of the verb is "Recent Studies" (plural). Here's the test to prove it:
What have shown that there now one teacher for every thirty-one students?"
ANSWER: RECENT STUDIES
Why is "are" incorrect in the original sentence? And is there a way to rewrite this sentence to clarify whether it should be are/is?
