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Choose the answer that makes the subject and verb agree with one another.

Some of the cookies from the jar________(is, are) missing!

A. Some of the cookies from the jar is missing!
B. Some of the cookies from the jar are missing!
C. None of the cookies from the jar is missing!
D. All of the above are correct.

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Final answer:

The subject 'Some of the cookies from the jar' requires a plural verb 'are' to make subject and verb agree.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is B. Some of the cookies from the jar are missing!

In this sentence, the subject is 'some of the cookies from the jar' which is a plural noun phrase. Therefore, it requires a plural verb 'are' to agree with it grammatically.

For compound subjects connected by 'and', we use a plural verb. In this case, 'some of the cookies' is the subject and it is a compound subject that requires a plural verb 'are'.

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