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This herd of goats was milked this morning How should this sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject verb error? a. The sentence is correct as it is b.this herd of goats were milked this morning.
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This herd of goats was milked this morning How should this sentence above be rewritten to correct the subject verb error? a. The sentence is correct as it is b.this herd of goats were milked this morning. c.This herd of goats are milked this morning d.This herd of goats are milking this morning.
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The answer is A. Herd, which is the subject, is a collective noun that acts as a singular noun, so the verb is "was milked" rather than "were milked."
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