14. what change needs to be made in sentence 17? change their to your change commercials to comercials…
14. what change needs to be made in sentence 17? change their to your change commercials to comercials change highlight to highlights insert a comma after relationships (1) my parents watched me care for our family pets and then encouraged me to offer my services to other families. (8) two summers ago i advertised on our neighborhood website and immediately began responding to calls. (9) i do more than just feed my neighbors animals. (10) for a great hourly price, i train, walk, and play with the pets. (11) i also bathe, brush, and trim nails when requested. (12) i am proud to say that i have now cared for the pets of more than 60 families in the granite oaks neighborhood. (13) i am happy to provide references upon request. (14) i know that happy paws pet store and grooming are passionate about having satisfied customers. (15) i am confident that i will be able to communicate my experience and proficiency to the people who enlist your services. (16) my attention to detail will assure them that i care and that they can trust me with their pets. (17) i have always admired the way that their television commercials highlight the value you place on building relationships with owners and their pets. (18) this is exactly how i run my pet - sitting business. (19) animals are my passion, and i work to make sure my customers know this. (20) i will do the same for your customers. (21) i have attached my resume, and as you will see, i have maintained a stellar grade point average during my first few semesters of high school. (22) furthermore, i serve as secretary of the sophomore class, and i volunteer weekly at our local humane society. (23) i have organized my schedule to accommodate a part - time job and have availability
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In sentence 17, the subject 'their television commercials' is plural. The verb 'highlight' agrees in number with the plural subject. No change is needed in terms of subject - verb agreement. The word 'comercials' is a misspelling (should be 'commercials'), but that's not an option here. 'Your' is incorrect as it doesn't fit the context. Inserting a comma after 'relationships' is unnecessary. So, the correct change is to make the verb agree in number with the subject if there was an error, but since there isn't one among the given options, we analyze the options. The subject 'commercials' is plural, so the verb 'highlight' is correct as is. The correct change is to make the verb agree with the plural subject. The option 'Change highlight to highlights' is incorrect as the current form is correct. The correct change is related to subject - verb agreement and among the options, the only relevant one is to change the verb form if needed. Since the current form is correct, we note that the subject - verb agreement is maintained.
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No change is needed among the given options as the sentence is grammatically correct in terms of subject - verb agreement and the other options are incorrect changes. But if we had to choose from the given options, none of them are correct changes for this sentence. If forced to choose based on the options provided, the closest relevant one would be that the current form of 'highlight' is correct for the plural subject 'commercials' and we can't make the changes suggested in the other options as they are incorrect (e.g., 'their' is correct in context, 'comercials' is a misspelling not among the options, and inserting a comma is unnecessary). So, if we assume the question has an error in options and we focus on subject - verb agreement, the answer is that the current 'highlight' is correct for the plural 'commercials' and no change from the given options should be made.