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The crew, made of clowners and krumpers, have visited Italy, Hong Kong, and France. Which subject-verb agreement rule is being broken in the sentence above? Compound subjects joined by and require plural verbs. Collective subjects functioning as a unit require singular verbs. Collective subjects functioning as parts require plural verbs. Plural subjects require a plural verbs.

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collective subjects functioning as parts require plural verbs.

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Answer : Option B) Collective subjects functioning as a unit require singular verbs.

Explanation : The above statement breaks the subject-verb agreement iby using a collective subject which would be a singular verb.

The error was made by using the plural verb "have visited" with the collective noun which would require a singular verb "crew"

The correct verb was supposed to be that "the crew HAS visited" instead of Have.

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