Question
1) The vegetables along with the fruits needs to be
peeled. 2) The vegetables along with the fruits need to be peeled. 3) The vegetable along with the fruits need to be peeled. 4) The vegetable along with the fruits needing to be peeled. 5) None of these Choose the sentence which is grammatically correct. If none of the given sentences is correct, mark (5), i.e None correction required, as the answer.Solution
Rule ⇒ Word like with, together with, along with, besides, as well as, including, in addition to , etc. do not affect the number of the verb. If the subject is singular, a singular verb is required; if plural, a plural verb. Here, subject is ‘vegetables’, so verb will be in agreement with vegetables. Verb here is ‘need’. (Note: peeled is also a verb, but we consider only primary (main) verb i.e. in this case, need) Vegetables …. need Vegetable …. needs
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