SAT Writing and Language Drill 3.3 Conventions of Usage
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| Conventions of Usage | Subject-verb agreement |
| Product Type | SAT Writing |
| SAT | SAT Writing and Language |
| SAT Writing | Standard English Conventions |
| SAT Writing and Language | Standard English Conventions |
| Standard English Conventions | Conventions of Usage |
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used Here it is okay for one hundred billion gallons
of water is used for the thermal electric power generation
And you have okay so a personal interview got gallons
of water is used There are gallons They are used
Doesn't that sound better So there's clearly something wrong here
So to be or not to be That is the
well that's Not really a question Just whether it's questioned
letter b is the right answer right The conjugation of
the verb to be needs to agree with one hundred
thirty nine billion gallons of water Because that's the subject
it's connected teo Because quote one hundred thirty nine billion
gallons unquote is plural We need the verb to agree
with it It's A plural conjugation So they are It
is But they are right Well the singular version of
to be would be correct only if water Where The
subject that sentence That word is part of the subject
since it's part of the hundred thirty nine billion gallons
of water but alone It's not the subject of sentence
opens with each day which tells us the information describes
the present Both had been used yeah but had been
used refers to the past and make it sound like
the water usage is somehow different today which is not
the case So uh that's it Don't take long showers