Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: Sitting at the far end of the bar is a local television

SOLUTION

The most obvious decision point in this problem is the subject-verb agreement choice between "is" and "are". In this sentence, the subject-verb inversion (putting the subject after the verb) in (A), (D), and (D) creates difficulty in determining the proper subject. To eliminate that difficulty read the sentence back without the inversion: A local television reporter and one of the town’s leading candidates for mayor ARE sitting at the far end of the bar. This allows
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