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Correct answer: C. Every word and every line the poems of Wordsworth sings about the blessings of nature
- A. Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth sing about the blessings of nature
- B. Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth have sung about the blessings of nature
- C. Every word and every line the poems of Wordsworth sings about the blessings of nature
- D. . Every word and every line in the poems of Wordsworth were sung about the blessings of nature
Explanation
The subject of the sentence is "Every word and every line", which is a singular noun phrase, where "every" is a distributive adjective that refers to each word and line individually.- The verb "sings" agrees with the singular subject, indicating that each word and line individually conveys a message about the blessings of nature.- The sentence describes the poems of Wordsworth as a collection of individual words and lines, each of which expresses a theme.
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