{"id":"cb_question_bank:c737018f-6632-4290-a99b-4daa0a90b138","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"c737018f-6632-4290-a99b-4daa0a90b138","external_id":"b22ff9c2-896d-4eac-8572-8d6192510249","ibn":null,"question_id":"329255db","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"FSS","skill":"Form, Structure, and Sense","difficulty":"H","score_band":6,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"Bengali author Toru Dutt’s A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (1876), a volume of English translations of French poems, ______ blank scholars’ understanding of the transnational and multilingual contexts in which Dutt lived and worked.","stimulus_html":"<p>Bengali author Toru Dutt’s <em>A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields </em>(1876), a volume of English translations of French poems, <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> scholars’ understanding of the transnational and multilingual contexts in which Dutt lived and worked.</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice A is the best answer. The convention being tested is subject-verb agreement. The singular verb “has enhanced” agrees in number with the singular subject “<em>A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields,</em>” which is the title of a book of poems. </p><p>Choice B is incorrect because the plural verb “are enhancing” doesn’t agree in number with the singular subject “<em>A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields</em>.” Choice C is incorrect because the plural verb “have enhanced” doesn’t agree in number with the singular subject “<em>A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields</em>.” Choice D is incorrect because the plural verb “enhance” doesn’t agree in number with the singular subject “<em>A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields</em>.” </p>","correct_answer":["A"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.345000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.345000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>has enhanced</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>are enhancing</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>have enhanced</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>enhance</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}