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A digital memory card containing photographs of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their children (was/were) stolen.
subject: "a digital memory card containing photographs of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their children"
participial phrase: "containing photographs of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their children"
prepositional phrase: "of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their children"
verb: "was/were stolen"
The simple subject, "memory […]
Madame Tussauds New York has added a wax figure of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to their museum's display of the likenesses of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
This sentence contains an error in pronoun/antecedent agreement. The antecedent of the plural pronoun "their" is the singular "Madame Tussauds New York."
While companies and organizations are composed of groups of […]
A digital memory card containing photographs of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their children were stolen. The couple's lawyers have sent an email message to media outlets warning that anyone who publishes the photographs will be guilty of copyright infringement and will be held liable for damages.
The first sentence contains an error in subject/verb agreement. […]
A Namibian official announced that Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and their children have left Africa. Their destination remains an enigma to reporters seeking to follow the family wherever they may go.
The second sentence contains an error in pronoun/antecedent agreement. The antecedent "family" is a collective noun that is singular in this context because the […]
A personalized pacifier company sent a $17,000 binky to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt covered in diamonds. If Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were to donate an equivalent amount of money to charity, they would be able to pay for 10,000 safe-delivery kits for women who live in regions without hospitals or clinics.
The first sentence contains a […]