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TACHS Written Expression focuses on agreement, pronoun usage, modifiers, and parallel structure. In option B, the collective noun “committee” is treated as a single unit; as a singular subject, it requires a singular verb (“has,” not “have”) and a singular possessive pronoun (“its” is already singular). Therefore, “The committee has finished its report” is correct. Option A is correct because “each,” an indefinite pronoun, is singular, so “was” correctly agrees, and “his or her” matches the singular antecedent. Option C is correct because the introductory participial phrase “Running down the hill” logically modifies “the children,” the grammatical subject that follows, avoiding a dangling modifier. Option D is correct because with “neither…nor,” verb agreement follows the nearer subject (“wallet”), which is singular; thus “is” is correct. Recognizing subject-verb agreement rules—especially with collective nouns and correlative conjunctions—is a frequent TACHS skill. Students should test agreement by plugging the subject directly before the verb and by checking whether the subject is singular or plural in meaning. Only sentence B violates these principles, so it contains the error.