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Subject/Verb Agreement. Need help with college comp 1 english!!ASAP!?

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THis is what my college teacher assigned okay i no it is basic but my gosh i cant remember this stuff lol she had like a bunch of questions and thse are what i cant remeber lol.

This seems trivial, but there are times when s/v agreement can become tricky. Correct these sentences. HELP! lol

The new tax have chance of passing.

A catalog of courses and requirements often baffles students.

Each man, woman, and child have a right to be heard.

Is the kite and the bird blue?

The old group has gone their seperate ways.

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  1. The new TAXES have a chance of passing.  (or The new tax HAS A chance of passing).

    (the second one looks okay)

    Each man, woman, and child HAS  right to be heard.

    ARE the kite and the bird blue?

    The old group has gone ITS separate ways.  (although this has nothing to do with subject verb agreement, which that part seems fine).


  2. just a guess

    Each man, woman, and child have a right to be heard.

       ^

    Every

    Is the kite and the bird blue?

    new- Is the kite and bird blue?

  3. The new tax has a chance of passing. (subject is the new tax which is singular so the verb should also be singular)

    A catalog of courses and requirements often baffle students. (here I considered "A catalog" is the same as "a number".  The phrase a number uses a plural verb.

    Each man, woman, and child has a right to be heard. (Each takes a singular verb)

    Are the kite and the bird blue? (two subjects joined by "and" takes a plural verb.)

    The old group had gone their separate ways. (A collective noun takes a singular verb when reference is made to the group as a unit; it takes plural verb when reference is made to the individual members of the group.)

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