Use morphology and syntax to make grammatical sense of the following sentence (Mark all that apply.).

The ova of all mammals except the monotremes undergo holoblastic segmentation.

How do you know the subject of the sentence is singular or plural?

It takes a plural verb.

It takes a singular verb.

It has a plural ending.

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Danielle Carey

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30 April, 19:28

Use morphology and syntax to make grammatical sense of the following sentence (Mark all that apply.).

The ova of all mammals except the monotremes undergo holoblastic segmentation.

How do you know the subject of the sentence is singular or plural?

It takes a plural verb.

It takes a singular verb.

It has a plural ending.

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Jayvon Swanson · Answer 1

The way you know the subject of the sentence is plural is because it takes a plural verb. You can see that the subject of the sentence is the ova (plural for of Latin word ovum, meaning egg cell), and the verb it takes is undergo (plural), and not undergoes, which would be singular.