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Subject & Verb
Every sentence must have a subject and a verb. The subject is the noun that performs the action expressed by the verb.
Ex: the DOG with the gray ears RUNS out of the house.
If a sentence is missing the subject or verb, the sentence is a fragment; in other words, it is not a complete sentence! On the GMAT, the correct answer must be a complete sentence, or independent clause.
Verb
The GMAT might disguise the error by dropping the verb:
Wrong: the cat sitting by the stairs.
Sitting looks like a verb, it is not, however, a working verb, a verb that can run a sentence by itself.
Right: the cat sitting by the stairs WATCHED the mouse. The word watched is a working verb.
Right: the cat WAS SITTING by the stairs. Was sitting make up the full verb. The word sitting is called a present particle. Word ending in -ing by itself is never a working verb.
Compound subject & compound verb
Lin and Guy drive to work.
Lin, as well as Guy, drive to work every day.
The first sentence an example of a compound subject. Lin &Guy function as the subject of the sentence. Compound subjects (CS) are always plural b/c at 2 nouns function as the subject. A CS must be connected by the word and, but the 2nd sentence uses the modifier as well as Guy. Only Lin qualifies as the subject,so the sentence should read "drives."
A sentence can also contain a Compound Verb (2 or more verbs that all point to the same subject). Ex: Lin "drove" to work and "said" hello to his co-worker. Lin and Guy "drive" to work together every morning and "greet" their co-workers.
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