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Question 9 (3.5 points)


The following sentence may have an error in effective writing. Choose the best revision for the underlined part. If the underlined portion requires no revision, choose "No improvement or correction is required."



The number of people moving to San Francisco are rising every year.
Question 9 options:

A. No improvement or correction is required.

B. The number of people moving to San Francisco is rising

C. The people, in numbers, moving to San Francisco are rising

D. The numbers of people moving to San Francisco is rising

E.The people who are moving to San Francisco in numbers is rising

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject and verb must agree in number. The subject here is not people, but number; accordingly, the verb should be is, not are.

Answer 2

B. The number of people moving to San Francisco is rising.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject ‘the number’ is singular, so it should have a singular verb is.