Choose the answer that is correct and clearly expressed in Standard English.
Each of the proposals, along with several amendments, ______ under review by the board.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. remains
- Step 1: Find the subject: each, which is singular; along with several amendments is an interrupting phrase.
- Step 2: An interrupting phrase introduced by along with does not change the number of the subject.
- Step 3: A singular subject takes the singular present verb remains.
Answer
remains.
Why not the others: Remain, are remaining and have remained are plural forms that wrongly agree with amendments.
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