"The police officer are going to take a report." What is the problem with this sentence?
A) It is a run-on sentence.
B) It is a fragment sentence.
C) It lacks subject-verb agreement.
D) It needs a subject and predicate.

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The problem with the sentence is subject-verb agreement. The subject "police officer" is singular, but the verb "are" is plural. The correct verb should be "is" to match the singular subject.

"The Police Officer Are Going to Take a Report