Directions. All of the following sentences have two subjects and two verbs. The subjects are in bold. Edit each sentence to make the subjects and verbs agree. Keep all verbs in the present tense. One subject-verb pair in each
sentence is correct and one pair needs correcting Example:
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"Sour grapes" are a common expression, but not everyone knows the origin of that phrase.
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Aesop's story "The Fox and the Grapes" tells about a fox who try unsuccessfully to get some grapes.
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There are a big bunch of grapes hanging over the top of a wall, and the fox is hot and thirsty,
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A favorite food of his are grapes, and he leaps up to get some without success
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Hoping that no crowd of friends are watching, the fox takes a running leap for the top of the wall.
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Unsuccessful, the fox in the story tries again and again with the same result; neither his cleverness no his
high leaps is successful
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Embarrassed the fox fears that news of his failures are going to give his friends something to tease him
about
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The fox's pride and his self-confidence has suffered, so he claims not to want the grapes anyways.
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The fox, stalking proudly off with his nose in the air, suy the grapes are sour.
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Everyone know that the fox does not believe his own words
10. To save their pride, people often pretends not to want what they cannot get.