Choose the most suitable option to replace the underlined part of the sentence. If the sentence is already correct, select 'No substitution required'. The principal of the college, along with the vice principals, have approved the new curriculum.
has approved
The subject of the sentence is 'The principal of the college', which is singular.
A phrase added with 'along with', 'as well as', 'together with' or 'in addition to' does not change the number of the subject, so 'along with the vice principals' does not make the subject plural.
A singular subject takes a singular verb, so 'have approved' must become 'has approved', which also keeps the active present perfect meaning.
'Were approving' is plural, and 'was approved' is passive, which would wrongly mean the principal himself was approved.
Hence, the underlined part should be replaced by 'has approved'.
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