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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Computer crime have been in the news since the nineteen eighties.

A

 has been on the news since

B

 has been in the news since

C

 has been in the news from

D

 No substitution required

Solution

correct option is B, have been in the news since should be replaced with has been in the news since

according to subject verb agreement singular verb qualifies singular subject and plural verb qualifies plural subject.

computet crime is a singular subject hence has should be used 

note: we use since for the point of time and for, for the period.of time