Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

One or more students have committed the offence.

  1. One or more students have committed the offence.

  2. More than one students have committed an offence.

  3. One or more student has committed the offence.

  4. One or more student have committed the offence.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

“One or more” is singular in construction. So, the noun as well as the verb will be singular.

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