Explain the subject-verb agreement rule that applies to a singular collective subject functioning as a single unit. demonstrate your understanding of the rule by composing a sentence that uses the singular collective subject "audience."

Even though a collective noun may be something that is comprised of many things, those things (whatever they may be), collectively, make up one thing. Thus, for proper subject-verb agreement, collective nouns will require a singular noun. Let’s look at the following sentence and note how the singular collective noun “audience” is paired with the singular verb “laughs.”

The audience laughs at all the right moments.

Thus, even though an audience will typically have more than one person, it is only one audience and will require a singular verb in order to avoid a subject-verb agreement error.

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war

the correct answer would be d.