* Subject Verb Agreement: Newton Laws........HELP!

[blinky247]

In Newtonian laws of motion, there is a condition and it's converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion

A) there is a condition and it's converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion
B) there is a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion
C) there are a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion
D) there are a condition and it's converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion
E) there has been a condition and its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion

OA is C.

I picked B, can the OA possibly be correct? The fact that most people act like C is the obvious answer on many forums further confuses me. HELP PLEASE!

[Ben Ku]

Please cite the source (author) of this problem. We cannot reply unless a source is cited (and, if no source is cited, we will have to delete the post!). Thanks.

[mikrodj]

yeap C is correct.

IMO here is way B is incorrect

"In Newtonian laws of motion,there is a condition" is an independent clause; therefore what comes after "and" must be another independent clause.

"its converse regarding bodies at rest and bodies in motion"

Here you don't have a verb, so it cannot be a clause.