<p>can you guys tell me what is wrong with this sentence?</p>
<p>Before he found his current job, Edward had spent several miserable years working in a large commercial bakery where the expression of outrageously offensive opinions were as common as saying hello. No error</p>
<p>is it “had spent”?</p>
<p>There doesn’t seem to be an error in it AFAIK. Is this a BB question or something from another book?</p>
<p>It is “were”, i dont know how because I thought it was “had spent”. It is a question in the collegeboard site.</p>
<p>Ok I think I figured out why “were” is wrong. “Were” is used for plurals but that word was referring to “the expression” (singular) so it should be “was.” </p>
<p>For a similar q, see here:
[SAT</a> Identifying Sentence Errors](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools)</p>
<p>^this is correct.</p>
<p>oooh thanks</p>