Question

Which is correct: make or makes? "There is no work hung on the walls or star charts on the door that make(s) kids compare themselves"

Answer 1

• Both Are good but I would use B

Explanation:

Both are correct but people are looking for the most specific answer.

They would choose B because they are making the comparison.

Answer 2

Makes

Explanation:

Here we're dealing with the conjugation of the verb "to make". To review:

I make
You make
He/she/it makes
We make
You make
They make

Which one is correct in this situation: make or makes?

We can boil the first part of the sentence, "There is no work hung on the walls or star charts on the door that", into a single pronoun - and that pronoun is a 3rd person singular pronoun - and so "It". If we rewrite the sentence, we have our choices be:

It make kids compare themselves.
It makes kids compare themselves.

And with this rewrite, "makes" reveals itself as the correct verb.