Which sentence uses correct subject/verb agreement? 1. Only after their lifetimes has most of the world's great painters been honored.
2. Most artists, especially women or minority artists, has a rough time of it, even today.
3.
The study of the lives of famous painters shows how hard it is to succeed in the arts.
4. Many painters, even such a great one as Van Gogh, seems to have suffered rejection and poverty.

Read this passage from "the city without us" by alan weisman: which statement best explains how the structure of the passage supports the author's purpose? a. the passage traces several events in the order that they will occur to highlight how nature conquers human civilization. b. the passage shows that natural forces such as an absence of predators and an increase in the squirrel population can lead to destructive results. c. the passage shows that natural forms such as an absence of predators and human hunters can lead to the reforestation of new york city. d. the passage identifies how two natural forces are co-dependent - the deforestation of new york and the extinction of squirrels.