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Number 11, the sentence in question is, many of the ornate carvings and sculptures that adorn the walls of the acropolis is no longer there either.
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Notice that what we get to change is this verb.
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Is, will be, have been, or are.
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Don't be fooled by the different tenses here.
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Our main line of defense is going to be this issue called agreement.
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Agreement means that the subject, which is like the main noun, person place thing or idea, of the sentence and the verb that the subject is doing or taking need to agree.
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If one is singular, the other needs to be singular.
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If one is plural, the other needs to be plural.
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So track what is no longer there? go all the way back to the beginning, many of the ornate carvings and sculptures.
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There it is.
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Ornate carvings and sculptures.
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There's my subject.
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So i have a plural subject in this case.
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Now, cut the fat in between the subject and the verb.
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Would you say the carvings and sculptures is or the carvings and sculptures are? chances are you would say are because that is the plural form of the verb...