Is or Are?
Posted: 10 Jul 2016, 08:27
1. Choose between: is/are
Antiviral therapy with acyclorir or with one of the longer acting anti-HSV medications __________ most effective in decreasing the pain and duration of symptoms.
‘with acyclorir or with one of the longer acting anti-HSV medications ‘ acts as a prepositional phrase. We can test this by looking at the sentence without this phrase.
Antiviral therapy is most effective in decreasing the pain and duration of symptoms.
Therefore the answer is ?
Antiviral therapy with acyclorir or with one of the longer acting anti-HSV medications __________ most effective in decreasing the pain and duration of symptoms.
‘with acyclorir or with one of the longer acting anti-HSV medications ‘ acts as a prepositional phrase. We can test this by looking at the sentence without this phrase.
Antiviral therapy is most effective in decreasing the pain and duration of symptoms.
Therefore the answer is ?