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What is the subject of the following sentence?: None of the young men carrying the yellow bags was ready for the

dangerous mission to the middle of the war zone.
O A. men
OB. None
O C.zone
O D. mission

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Final answer:

The subject of the sentence is 'None'.


Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of the sentence is None. In this sentence, None is a pronoun which acts as the subject. It refers to the young men carrying the yellow bags. Although None is singular, it takes a singular verb 'was', which agrees with the noun phrase 'None of the young men carrying the yellow bags'.


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