Question

Look at the text below. If there is an error with subject-verb agreement, select the incorrect

verb and type it correctly. Otherwise, submit the text without making any changes.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have
classified huh as a universal word because everyone, across all languages,
use it or something similar to ask for clarification.

Answer 1

The sentence contains an error with subject-verb agreement. The correct verb should be 'uses' instead of 'use' to match the singular pronoun 'everyone'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence 'Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have classified huh as a universal word because everyone, across all languages, use it or something similar to ask for clarification' contains an error with subject-verb agreement.

The correct verb should be 'uses' instead of 'use' to match the subject 'everyone', which is a singular pronoun. Therefore, the corrected sentence should be: 'Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have classified huh as a universal word because everyone, across all languages, uses it or something similar to ask for clarification.'

This correction ensures subject-verb agreement by using a singular verb form with the singular pronoun 'everyone'.

Answer 2

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have been

classified as a universal word because everyone, across all languages,

use it or something similar to ask for clarification.