Which sentence has an error in subject-verb agreement?
a) the pile of leaves that had been sitting at the end of the road for weeks began to decompose slowly.
b) there are entirely too many ketchup bottles in he refrigerator, and some of them must be thrown away.
c) unlike most runners, charles - - even if parched - - would never drink any water at any point during the run.
d) the man, in the next apartment, as well as the people across the hall, have lived in the building since 1960.

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Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile