Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. The ship

  2. was caught in a storm

  3. they sailed in

  4. along the coast of Japan

  5. No error
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence has a pronoun reference error. 'The ship' is singular, but 'they' is plural. It should be 'it sailed in' to maintain subject-verb agreement. The correct phrase is 'The ship was caught in a storm as it sailed in along the coast of Japan'.

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