Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.None of the cats is eating their food today. [Intermediate]a)Wasb)Arec)has beend)No changeCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

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When 'none' is followed by 'of', look at the noun in the of-phrase (object of the preposition). If the object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the preposition is plural, use a plural verb.
According to the stated rule, option B is the correct answer because the object of the preposition, 'cats', is plural and the plural verb 'are' is to be used for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
Options A, C and D are incorrect because 'was', 'has been' and 'is' are singular verbs. Since the object of the preposition is plural, none of these verbs can be used with it.

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Explanation:

Subject-Verb Agreement

- The correct option to correct the underlined word in the sentence is b) Are.
- In this sentence, the subject 'None' is singular, but the verb 'is' does not agree with it.
- Since 'cats' is the object of the preposition 'of' and not the subject of the sentence, the verb should agree with the singular subject 'None'.
- Therefore, the correct verb should be the plural form 'are' instead of 'is'.

Corrected Sentence:

None of the cats are eating their food today.

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