Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement.
- AThe list of supplies have been on the desk
- BThe list of supplies was on the deskCorrect
- CThe list of supplies are on the desk
- DThe list of supplies were on the desk
Why: The subject is 'list' (singular), and the prepositional phrase 'of supplies' does not change the subject's number, so the verb should be the singular 'was.' A common error is matching the verb to the nearest noun ('supplies') instead of the true subject.