kadamhari825 wrote:
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e-GMATI believe we have subject verb agreement error in your example That the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts, but the more prevalent belief is it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial. Because here subject is
few experts and we need plural verb instead of singular
is claimed .
please correct me if I am making any mistake in understanding.
Thanks and regards
Hello
kadamhari825,
We hope this finds you well.
To answer your query, the example sentence does not contain a subject-verb disagreement, as the subject is NOT "few experts"; the subject is actually "That" - a place holder pronoun, one used to refer to a "that/who/whether" clause.
In this case, the placeholder "That" refers to the fact that "the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts".
We hope this helps.
All the best!
Experts' Global Team