Question

Find the error with the subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb and type it correctly... Modern calculators, which can compute complex sums almost instantaneously, derives from abacuses, hand-operated devices with beads that slide along rods.

Answer 1

The error with subject-verb agreement is the verb 'derives'. The correct verb should be 'derive' to agree with the plural subject 'calculators'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The error in the sentence regarding subject-verb agreement is with the verb 'derives'. The correct sentence should be: 'Modern calculators, which can compute complex sums almost instantaneously, derive from abacuses, hand-operated devices with beads that slide along rods.' The plural subject 'calculators' requires the plural form of the verb 'derive' to agree in number.

When checking for subject-verb agreement, it's important to identify the main subject of the sentence and ensure that the verb agrees in number with this subject, regardless of any intervening phrases or clauses. A helpful tip is to momentarily ignore the clause 'which can compute complex sums almost instantaneously' and see that 'calculators' is indeed the subject that 'derive' should agree with. So the verb should be plural to match the plural subject 'calculators'.

Answer 2

Answer: Derive

Step-by-step explanation:

In this sentence the incorrect verb is derives and the correct one is derive.

Derive is considering transitional verb and the meaning of it is, for example, to receive or to take something from some source which in this case is correct since in sentence we have that something is derived from the source, in this case, hand-operated devices and other.