Question

Which sentence contains a singular subject?
A. The students on the social committee are planning the school dance.
B. All of the fruit looks ripe.
C. Some of the friends will be taking calculus next year.
D. Many in the auditorium had questions for the speaker.

Answer 1

The answer is B. All of the fruit looks ripe. 

Answer 2

Answer:

The sentence that contains a singular subject is sentence B.

Explanation:

Sentence B is the sentence that contains a singular subject because the noun head is singular. In order to determine whether a sentence has a singular or plural subject, you should look at the noun head. In this case, the head of the noun phrase subject of the sentence is "fruit". "All" is a quantifier which selects a PP complement which takes the NP subject as complement. Then, sentences A, C, and D have all plural subjects (students, friends, many).