英语句子改错。。。。

The president of the company , in addition to several of the officers , were present at the meeting.

请问这个句子有错误吗？如果有，该怎么改正？原因何在？

谢谢解答！！！：）

有。把“were”改为“was”，这句考察的是主谓一致的知识点。
这句话的主语是The president of the company 是单数形式，in addition to several of the officers 只是一个插入语成分，相同类型的还有“together with，as well as ”等等

give him an inch, he will take a mile. 给他一英寸，他就要一英里（得寸进尺）。

give him an inch and he'll take a yard. 得寸进尺

把were 改为was 谓语跟中间的短语没关系 前面只说了一个公司老总 要是前面说的是presidents 后面就不用改了 主谓要一致么 谢谢