Plural nouns/pronouns/antecedents accompanied by singular verbs

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Subject-verb disagreements or plural nouns/pronouns/antecedents accompanied by singular verbs have remained common grammatical mistakes found in writings.

Below is one of the many examples noted in a print advertisement which contains the sentence reading, "We are experts in creating fearless appliances that weathers the elements."

The word 'appliances' is a noun plural in form being the antecedent of the relative pronoun 'that' which must be used with a plural verb. The sentence in question should, therefore, be "We are experts in creating fearless appliances that weather the elements."

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