Sentence:
The secretary and treasurer was absent yesterday.
Explanation:
Here, “secretary and treasurer” refers to one person holding two positions, so the subject is treated as singular. Therefore, the correct verb is “was.”
2026-05-26 00:33:50
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munir sulaiman :
the correct answer is supposed to be were according to the concord rule.
2026-05-24 23:10:13
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D SENT :
were is the answer
2026-06-26 10:27:30
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The Word Of God Is Life/Light :
was is the correct answer
2026-06-25 19:58:24
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Jay Kay Vee🇸🇱 :
According to your teaching, A is the answer but the right answer is B
2026-05-25 09:24:20
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climax :
you are just confusing me, all i know is that the answer is (were)
2026-05-27 13:15:22
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commissioner :
if one person holds the two positions, the answer is was but if two different people,the answer is were.
2026-06-05 05:29:30
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Lord Leo💯💪 :
English is not my language so please stop confusing me because I have already chosen the one I want 😂
2026-05-28 08:02:21
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Jubril Gabriel :
if it was the secretary and the treasurer it would have been were but the omission of 'the', made it referring to a single person
2026-05-27 16:24:32
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Tina :
the answer is a
2026-06-23 11:25:01
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Onukwugha Williams UD :
was, you are referring to one person
2026-06-14 03:35:17
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prince Edward :
were
2026-05-27 12:04:18
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🌿🇳🇬 CLASSIC HOLYBOY🇨🇩🍇 :
the answer is were
2026-05-26 19:19:31
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ajalaolushola :
Was is the correct answer
2026-06-25 18:30:36
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Y.always. me @+256..? :
was koz u can be da 2
2026-06-25 19:25:50
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umolehi :
was absent
2026-06-26 10:56:27
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bismarktawiah458 :
were is the correct answer
2026-06-25 18:00:10
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KASIEMOBI :
Were
2026-05-26 21:21:26
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noahadam496 :
A. (were)
2026-06-06 13:01:17
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onyinyechi :
The secretary and treasurer was absent yesterday.
Why?
When "the secretary and treasurer" refers to one person holding both positions (secretary and treasurer), the subject is singular, so we use was.
2026-06-14 10:13:46
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p.a.g :
thanks for this lecture
2026-05-27 00:29:59
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Abura :
is
2026-05-26 11:58:01
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Seun :
go study concord well
2026-05-27 14:30:26
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Humphrino :
Was is the answer because the Secretary is also the treasurer. Singular verb
2026-05-28 02:40:40
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rastmorgan600 :
rule of concord meaning the secretary is the same person as the treasurer n it's talking about yesterday so it's was.
2026-05-28 17:06:17
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