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Redundancy and Double Negatives in English Grammar
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Select the option that corrects the following incorrect sentence.
Both Matt as well as Terry are proposing to see a film.
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Both Matt and Terry are proposing to see a film.
💡 Explanation:
(1) is incorrect because if two subjects are joined by “as well as”, then the verb has to agree with the first subject, which is singular and hence, the use of 'are' is wrong.
(2) is incorrect because if two subject are joined by “and”, then the verb should be plural whereas in (2), the verb used is singular.
(4) is incorrect because the usage of 'was' is incorrect. Answer: (3)