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Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood has gained celebrity.

How should the sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject-verb agreement error?

The sentence is correct as written.
Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood was gaining celebrity.
Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood have gained celebrity.
Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood does gain celebrity.

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The answer is Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood have gained celebrity. The root verb "has" in the first statement was wrong because we consider the"performances" as the subject and this is in plural form so we should use "have".

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The answer is Tommy the Clown’s performances in Los Angeles’ South Central neighborhood have gained celebrity. The root verb "has" in the first statement was wrong because we consider the"performances" as the subject and this is in plural form so we should use "have".
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