Tuesday, October 18, 2016

verb agreement - Lehman Brothers (is/are) now taken over by some other company


Lehman Brothers (is/are) now taken over by some other company.




My answer is is.




My approach to finding the correct answer is that according to subject–verb agreement rules, if both of them refer to same subject, we use a singular verb. Thus:




Lehman Brothers is now taken over by some other company.




Is my approach right according to subject–verb agreement rules?

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