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In which sentence does the verb agree with the subject?

a. Few of the babies sleeps for the entire night.
b. Several of the cousins comes to the charity event.
c. Many of the animals eat vegetables from the garden.

User Ben Boyter
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The correct answer is c. Many of the animals eat vegetables from the garden

This is correct because a. should have "sleep" and b. should have "come". That is because "few" and "several" require third person plural, not a singular with an -s inflection.
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