Read the sentence carefully.
the hike, including time for water breaks and rests, take about two hours to complete.
which sentence corrects the error in subject-verb agreement?
the hike, including time for water breaks and rests, takes about two hours to complete.
the hike, including time for water breaks and rests, taken about two hours to complete.
the hike, including time for water breaks and rests, take about two hours to complete.
the hike, including time for water breaks and rests, taking about two hours to complete.
the first choice

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

Besides the revisions listed in the paragraph, what else can deepak do to strengthen his paper?

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