meadow36

The sentence is is in the present tense therefore it would be "agree"

satruinsmylife

bluebook q

pg 540
29. Nearly all of the editors of the magazine agree that of the two articles to be published, Fujimura's is the more exciting.

The answer is E, no error, but I don't understand why it isnt B (agree). Shouldn't it be "agreed"?

EDIT

1 more question- pg 536 #1
1. The delegates coming this far, they did not want to return without accomplishing something.
i got it down to 2 choices:
(B) Coming this far, the delegates felt they
(C) Having come this far, the delegates

Peytoncline

I would say (C) for the second one

the first one is (E) NO CHANGE because of present tense

satruinsmylife

yeah i got C too but i was lucky haha. i was trying to decide between B and C but i still don't understand why its not B?

THANKS for replying though =)

Peytoncline

to me, "Coming this far, the delegates felt they..." seems a bit awkward to say and a bit wordy.. plus "Having come this far, the delegates..." sets up the rest of the sentence.. it's saying that since they've made it this far, the delegates don't want to go home empty-handed

MidwestMom2Kids_

"29. Nearly all of the editors of the magazine agree that of the two articles to be published, Fujimura's is the more exciting."

This is a grammatically correct sentence. Nothing wrong here.

"29. Nearly all of the editors of the magazine agreed that of the two articles to be published, Fujimura's is the more exciting."

Agreed would be grammatically correct, too.

(You can say they all agree now or they all agreed yesterday.)

Peytoncline

^ yeah, but doesn't the "Fujimura's IS the more exciting" make the sentence pretty much have to be in present tense?

onemoretime2

C is the correct answer for the second question because the clause "having come this far" correctly modifies "delegates."