Select the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement involving a collective noun:

• A. The committee are submitting their report.
• B. The committee agrees with the plan.
• C. The committees agrees with the plan.
• D. The committee are submitting its report.

Answer: (B)

A collective noun like the committee is treated as a single unit when the group is acting as one entity, so the verb should be singular. In standard American usage, this keeps the subject and verb in agreement.

That’s why the sentence with the singular verb, agrees, fits: The committee agrees with the plan. It treats the committee as one unit and pairs it with a singular verb.

The other options mix singular and plural forms in ways that don’t align with this rule: using are with a singular committee, or using agrees with committees, or combining a plural verb with its singular pronoun in the same clause. Those mismatches break standard subject-verb agreement.