Writing for Business - A Whatis.com Blog » relative pronouns http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business Is your grammar as good as your code? Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:09:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Quiz: Writing for business — relative pronouns and verb agreement http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-relative-pronouns-and-verb-agreement/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-relative-pronouns-and-verb-agreement/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:26:06 +0000 Ivy Wigmore http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/writing-for-business/quiz-writing-for-business-relative-pronouns-and-verb-agreement/ handshake.jpg Which is correct?
IAM is a combination of business processes, policies and technologies that ______ organizations to provide secure access to confidential data.
a. allows
b. allow

Answer: a

Explanation:
That is a relative pronoun referring back to combination. Because combination is a singular noun, we use the singular verb form, allows.

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