Hello, Allan.
Is the following sentence grammatically correct?
"In the study, this was done by employing a second group that were offered the same choices plus one more."
Thank you for your help.
subject-verb agreement: a second group was/were?
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Re: subject-verb agreement: a second group was/were?
Yes, although only for BrE users. AmE users would prefer 'was' (singular).