Questions: Lilly Truscott, together with her classmate, are preparing for the annual spelling bee.
Transcript text: Lilly Truscott, together with her classmate, are preparing for the annual spelling bee.
Solution
The sentence contains an error in subject-verb agreement. The subject "Lilly Truscott, together with her classmate," is singular because the phrase "together with her classmate" is a parenthetical element and does not affect the number of the subject. Therefore, the verb should be singular to match the singular subject.
Corrected sentence:
Lilly Truscott, together with her classmate, is preparing for the annual spelling bee.