Should it not have been ‘prevents’ in option C since ‘the cherry’ is singular. ?

Cherries that contain beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, are considered one of the most nutritional fruits and help relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevent memory loss and delay the ageing process.
A. Cherries that contain beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, are considered one of the most nutritional fruits and help relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevent memory loss and delay the ageing process.
B. Cherries, which contain beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, are considered to be one of the most nutritional fruits and helps relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevent memory loss and delay the ageing process.
C. The cherry, which contains beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, is considered one of the most nutritional fruits and helps relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevent memory loss and delay the ageing process.
D. The cherry, which contains beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, is considered to be one of the most nutritional fruits and helps relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevents memory loss and delay the ageing process.
E. The cherry that contains beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, iron and fiber, is considered one of the most nutritional fruits and helps relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, preventing memory loss and delaying the ageing process.
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OA:  C
My question is Should it not have been prevents in option C since the cherry is singular.
Intermediate Asked on August 15, 2017 in Sentence Correction.
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helps (relieve the pain of arthritis, reduce risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, prevent memory loss and delay the ageing process.)

Since they are in parallelism and helps reduces doesn’t make sense.

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Intermediate Answered on August 15, 2017.
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Hi Gandhi,

Please refer to the below thread where this question is already discussed.

https://crackverbal.com/forum/threads/questions/subject-verb-agreement/

Kindly check using the search option before posting a question. Most probably you would find that question already discussed in the forum.

 

 

Expert Answered on August 16, 2017.
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