Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence given below has been divided into three parts marked as (a), (b) and (c). Read the sentence to find out the error, if any, and no sentence has more than one error. If there is no error, mark (d).

Neither her (a) husband nor her brother were able to help (b) her in her work. (c) No error (d)

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of Subject verb agreement  Here, “was” should be used instead of "were" as the verb in an either/or, or neither/nor sentence agrees with the noun or pronoun closest to it.  

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