Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct option to rectify and complete the following sentence with regard to its verb and other issues.

Both Steve as well as his friend __________ proposing to launch a new scheme for their factory.

  1. ‘Both’ (to be deleted) and ‘are’ to be filled.

  2. ‘Both’ (to be kept) and ‘are’ to be filled.

  3. ‘Both’ (to be deleted) and ‘is’ to be filled.

  4. ‘As well as’ (to be deleted) and ‘has’ to be filled.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

If “as well as” is kept, then the verb has to agree with the first subject, which is singular in the given sentence.     Answer: (3)

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