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They have plowed the fields and will plant potatoes. Is the verb plowed and the simple subject They have?
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They have plowed the fields and will plant potatoes. Is the verb plowed and the simple subject They have?
First Sentence
Simple Subject: They
Verb: have plowed

Second Sentence
Simple Subject: They, but it has been omitted/left out.
Verb: will plant
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