Question

The dance crew, after performing for the crowd, wash the paint from their faces. Which subject-verb agreement rule applies to this sentence? use a singular verb with a singular subject use a plural verb with a plural subject use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts use a singular verb with a collective subject functioning as a unit

Answer 1

C

Step-by-step explanation:

use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts

Answer 2

The correct subject-verb agreement rule applied to the sentence would be to use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts.

In the sentence, we can see that the "dance crew" is a collective unit, HOWEVER, since the sentence is talking about "washing paint from their faces", then we need to treat the crew individually (the crew do not have one joint face). This leads us to using a plural verb.