English Grammar - Subject Verb Agreement

English Grammar
English Grammar - Subject Verb Agreement

Select the correct option: Each of the datasets ___ been anonymized before release.


Options:

  1. have
  2. has
  3. are
  4. were

Right Answer: has

The subject of this sentence is 'Each', not 'datasets'. In English grammar, when 'each' is used as the subject (even when followed by 'of the + plural noun'), it always takes a singular verb, because 'each' refers to individual items considered one at a time rather than as a collective group. Therefore, the correct verb form is 'has', matching the singular subject 'each'. The plural forms 'have', 'are', and 'were' incorrectly treat the sentence as having a plural subject, which is a common grammatical error when a prepositional phrase with a plural noun follows the true singular subject. The correct answer is option 2, has.

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