Subject-Verb Agreement in Collective Nouns

Very Hard Usage And Mechanics Grammar And Usage

Read the following sentence:

The committee, consisting of several members, have made their recommendations public despite initial reservations.

Which of the following options corrects the grammatical error in the sentence?

The committee, consisting of several members, has made their recommendations public despite initial reservations.

The committee, consisting of several members, have made its recommendations public despite initial reservations.

The committee, who consists of several members, has made their recommendations public despite initial reservations.

The committee, consisting of several members, was made recommendations public despite initial reservations.

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