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His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 31 Oct 2019, 22:27
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His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long trips.

(a) along with his cat and goldfish,prevent

(b) as well as his cat and goldfish, prevents

(c) in addition to his cat and goldfish, are preventing

(d) together with his cat and goldfish, were preventing

(e) accompanied by his cat and goldfish, prevent

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Originally posted by Beyond700 on 27 Oct 2007, 19:23.
Last edited by Sajjad1994 on 31 Oct 2019, 22:27, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   30 Oct 2007, 09:08
His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long trips.

(b) as well as his cat and goldfish, prevent
[Incorrect - Singular subject because of as well as]
(c) in addition to his cat and goldfish, are preventing
[Incorrect - Singular subject because of in addition to]
(d) together with his cat and goldfish, were preventing
[Correct - Plural subject]
(e) accompanied by his cat and goldfish, prevent
[Incorrect - Singular subject because of accompanied by]

oopsss...did not read other messages.
I did not know that "together with" affects the similar way as others do and therefore chose D that is for sure a wrong answer :)
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Re: His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   12 Sep 2013, 05:59
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His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long trips.
(a) along with his cat and goldfish,prevent - Subject "Dog" is singular, so we can't use plural verb "Prevent". Thus Incorrect
(b) as well as his cat and goldfish, prevent - Correct
(c) in addition to his cat and goldfish, are preventing - Subject "Dog" is singular, so we can't use plural verb "are". Thus Incorrect
(d) together with his cat and goldfish, were preventing - Subject "Dog" is singular, so we can't use plural verb "were". Thus Incorrect
(e) accompanied by his cat and goldfish, prevent - Subject "Dog" is singular, so we can't use plural verb "Prevent". Thus Incorrect
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Re: His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2017, 09:09
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Please can you change " Prevent " to " Prevents " in option B.
The OP ( original poster ) has confirmed the typo further down.
However OP did not bother to change the typo.
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Re: His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   31 Oct 2019, 22:31
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The subject of the sentence is dog, which is singular; therefore, a singular verb is required. The general rule is that the joining of a singular subject with another noun or pronoun, or with several nouns or pronouns, by prepositions such as along with, together with, with, as well as, in addition to, or accompanied by does not make the singular subject into a plural one. (Only and can join two singular subjects and make them act as a plural one.)

Choice (D) also changes the meaning of the original by making the tense of the verb past instead of present.

The correct answer is (B).
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Re: His dog,along with his cat and goldfish,prevent him from taking long [#permalink] New post   09 May 2022, 07:55
Along with / together always singular

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