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Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. The dance crew, after performing for the crowd, wash the paint from their faces. Which subject-verb agreement rule applies to this sentence? use a singular verb with a singular subject use a plural verb with a plural subject use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts use a singular verb with a collective subject functioning as a unit

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The answer is: [D]:
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"use a singular verb with a collective subject functioning as a unit" .
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Answer: C) use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts.

Step-by-step explanation: A noun is a word or a group of words that denotes a person, a place or an object. A collective noun is a noun used to refer to a group (of animals, people, or objects, for example, staff, crew, hive, etc). In the given sentence we have a collective noun (dance crew) but the members of the crew are acting as individual parts (because their are washing their faces) so in that case we use a plural verb.

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