Is the following sentence grammatical or ungrammatical?

"The researcher accompanied by local translators were able to gather proverbs."

It is ungrammatical. The verb should agree in number with the subject. "Were able" should be "was able".

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

The sentence contains a subject-verb agreement error; the correct verb form should be 'was' instead of 'were.' The correct version is: 'The researcher accompanied by local translators was able to gather proverbs.' It's important to match singular subjects with singular verbs.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2024-10-02