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At the Springfield Museum of Art, each painting and sculpture, some purchased for millions of dollars and others found discarded at garage sales, have the history of its acquisition displayed beside the piece.
A) have the history of its
B) have the history of their
C) will have the history of their
D) has the history of its
E) has the history of their
23 Aug 2019, 23:09
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OFFICIAL EXPLANATION
• Strip the sentence
At the Springfield Museum of Art, each painting and sculpture, some purchased for millions of dollars and others found discarded at garage sales, have the history of its acquisition displayed beside the piece.
The stripped sentence:
Each painting and sculpture [have?] the history of [its?] acquisition displayed beside the piece.
• HIGHLIGHTS
• If the word each comes before the subject, even if the subject is compound, the subject is singular.
The word EACH distributes to both nouns in the subject.
(Each can be plural if it comes after the subject or noun: The graduates each want a photo with the professor.)
See my post HERE for further explanation of each.
• the singular subject (each painting and sculpture) requires the singular verb HAS and possessive pronoun ITS
• Split #1: Subject verb agreement
Correct: Each painting and sculpture HAS, not have.
Options A, B, and C incorrectly use HAVE.
Eliminate A, B, and C
Split #2: Pronoun/antecedent agreement
The singular subject requires the possessive pronoun ITS rather than THEIR.
Option E incorrectly uses THEIR. (As do options B and C, already eliminated)
Eliminate E
By POE, the answer is D.
D correctly pairs the singular subject with the singular verb has and the singular possessive pronoun its.
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Most of these answers are good to excellent.
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Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Project SC Butler: Day 155: Sentence Correction (SC2)
Quote:
At the Springfield Museum of Art, each painting and sculpture, some purchased for millions of dollars and others found discarded at garage sales, have the history of its acquisition displayed beside the piece.
A) have the history of its
B) have the history of their
C) will have the history of their
D) has the history of its
E) has the history of their
A) have the history of its
B) have the history of their
C) will have the history of their
D) has the history of its
E) has the history of their
• Strip the sentence
The stripped sentence:
Each painting and sculpture [have?] the history of [its?] acquisition displayed beside the piece.
• HIGHLIGHTS
• If the word each comes before the subject, even if the subject is compound, the subject is singular.
The word EACH distributes to both nouns in the subject.
(Each can be plural if it comes after the subject or noun: The graduates each want a photo with the professor.)
See my post HERE for further explanation of each.
• the singular subject (each painting and sculpture) requires the singular verb HAS and possessive pronoun ITS
• Split #1: Subject verb agreement
Correct: Each painting and sculpture HAS, not have.
Options A, B, and C incorrectly use HAVE.
Eliminate A, B, and C
Split #2: Pronoun/antecedent agreement
The singular subject requires the possessive pronoun ITS rather than THEIR.
Option E incorrectly uses THEIR. (As do options B and C, already eliminated)
Eliminate E
By POE, the answer is D.
D correctly pairs the singular subject with the singular verb has and the singular possessive pronoun its.
COMMENTS
Most of these answers are good to excellent.
If you explained and posted before the OA hit, you get kudos.
In order to qualify for kudos, you have to explain.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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At the Springfield Museum of Art, each painting and sculpture, some purchased for millions of dollars and others found discarded at garage sales, have the history of its acquisition displayed beside the piece.
A) have the history of its
B) have the history of their
C) will have the history of their
---each before painting and sculpture makes the subject singular. Thus using have is incorrect (S-V error)
D) has the history of its
--- Correct
E) has the history of their
--- the piece in the non underlined part also suggests a singular subject.
A) have the history of its
B) have the history of their
C) will have the history of their
---each before painting and sculpture makes the subject singular. Thus using have is incorrect (S-V error)
D) has the history of its
--- Correct
E) has the history of their
--- the piece in the non underlined part also suggests a singular subject.
