Question

More leisure, as well as an abundance of goods

• A. are attainable
• B. through automation
• C. No error

Hint:

With "as well as", the verb agrees with the first subject, not the second.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

To solve this problem, we need to identify any grammatical error in the sentence provided with respect to subject-verb agreement.

The given sentence is: "More leisure, as well as an abundance of goods are attainable through automation."

Let's analyze the components: 

• "More leisure, as well as an abundance of goods" - This is the subject of the sentence where "More leisure" is the main subject, and "as well as an abundance of goods" is an additional phrase that provides extra information.
• The predicate of the sentence is "are attainable through automation."

 

Grammatical Rule: When using phrases like "as well as," the verb should agree with the main subject of the sentence and not the additional phrase. Here, the main subject is "More leisure," which is singular.

Therefore, the correct subject-verb agreement would use "is" instead of "are." Hence, the correct sentence should be: "More leisure, as well as an abundance of goods, is attainable through automation."

Correct Answer: are attainable (This is where the error is.)