Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been broken into three parts - (1), (2) and (3). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4).

(1) The story added to a growing debate (2) over whether the government (3) was failing in their most basic duties. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. -
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 (c) is incorrect as there is pronoun disagreement in this segment. The subject is ‘government’ which is a singular collective noun. The pronoun ‘their’ is used for plural possessive pronouns. The correct pronoun in this context is ‘its’.

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