Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The unfortunate part of such charges are that they have not remained confined to words but have led to violence.

  1. are that they have not remained confined to words but have led to violence.

  2. is that they have not remained confined to words but have led to violence.

  3. is that it has not remained confined to words but has led to violence.

  4. is that they may have not remained confined to words but have led to violence.

  5. are that they may not have remained confined to words but have led to violence.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This sentence bears the error of subject-verb agreement. A singular subject 'the unfortunate part' is followed by a plural verb 'are'. This option corrects the error of sub-verb agreement.

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