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Which sentence demonstrates correct subject-verb agreement?

A.
Please wait here until someone arrive to help you.
B.
Each of the students plans to graduate this spring.
C.
Judging people based on appearance are very rude.
D.
Nick and Nora walks their terrier Asta every day.

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Answer:

The answer is B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Subject-verb agreement means that subject and verb must agree in number. So, if the subject is in singular, the verb must also be in singular; if the subject is in plural, then the verb must also be in plural.

Let`s analyze these sentences (extracting subjects and verbs)

A. someone arrive - someone is singular (3rd person), so we need -s as a suffix ⇒ arrives

B. each of the students plans - plans refers to each which is singular

C. Judging people based on appearance are - judging is gerund which functions as a noun in singular, so the verb should have been is

D. Nick and Nora walks - these two people represents one subject as they are connected with conjunction and. If the conjunction was or, then Nick/Nora would be separate subjects and we could use the verb in the singular, which is not the case in the given sentence.

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