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Identify which of the following sentences has correct subject-verb agreement.Multiple choice question.Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter, but no one are there today.Someone in the Personnel Department distribute the newsletter, but no one is there today.Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter, but no one is there today.

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Identify which of the following sentences has correct subject-verb agreement.Multiple choice question.Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter, but no one are there today.Someone in the Personnel Department distribute the newsletter, but no one is there today.Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter, but no one is there today.

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The sentence with correct subject-verb agreement is: "Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter, but no one is there today."

Here's why:

  1. "Someone in the Personnel Department distributes the newsletter" - 'Someone' is a singular subject and hence, it requires a singular verb. 'Distributes' is the correct singular form of the verb 'distribute'.

  2. "but no one is there today" - 'No one' is also a singular subject and hence, it requires a singular verb. 'Is' is the correct singular form of the verb 'be'.

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