Find the error with subject-verb agreement. Select the incorrect verb and type it correctly.
The baker explained to her customer, "On top of this lovely French vanilla
cake sits several fondant roses surrounded by a raspberry drizzle."

The baker explained to her customer, "On top of this lovely French vanilla cake sit several fondant roses surrounded by a raspberry drizzle."

Explanation:

The subject-verb agreement error is the verb 'sits.' Since this verb has to agree with the noun phrase "several fondant roses", the correct form of the verb is 'sit.' With the pronoun 'several', plural verb is always used. Moreover, we can conclude by the noun 'roses' that the verb that goes with it must be plural. We would say that the roses sit - which is a plural form.

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government is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.