Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. The dance crew, after performing for the crowd, wash the paint from their faces. Which subject-verb agreement rule applies to this sentence?

“Crew” is a collective noun, but the sentence focuses on the members washing paint from their own faces. The crew is therefore functioning as individual parts, so the plural verb “wash” is used. The correct choice is “use a plural verb with a collective subject functioning as individual parts.”

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