From a newspaper article about Plan B:
"The involvement of parents and medical professionals act as a safeguard for
these young girls."
This is a classic subject-verb agreement error. The subject is "involvement" (singular) but the verb is "act" (plural). That pesky prepositional phrase ("of parents and medical professionals") got in the way.
The sentence should read as follows:
"The involvement of parents and medical professionals acts as a safeguard for
these young girls."
This is still not a great sentence. I would suggest changing it to this:
"By becoming involved, parents and medical professionals act as safeguards for these young girls."
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No wonder people have so much trouble with English.
singular verb - add 's'
plural verb - no 's'
singular noun - no 's'
plural noun - add 's'
dog runs
dogs run
That's not confusing at all.
I agree the rules don't seem to make sense. That's not an excuse for native speakers, though!
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