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Read the following sentence. The Sentence contains one error. Correct the
error and complete the statement that are marked*:
The industrialist and the politician has been invited to the function.
| Statements*: When two Singular Nouns are connected by 'and' and a determiner is used before only one noun,they are Followed by a__________verb . If the two nouns refer to two different things/Persons, the detenTiiner should be repeated and the verb should be used in the__________ |
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The industrialist and the politician have been invited to the function.
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