Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has been split into three parts (A), (B) and (C). If there is any grammatical error in any of these parts, that is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Either of the two designated (A)/ officers were not available (B)/ to the general public. (C)/ No error (D)

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. .
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option as this part of the sentence has the error. In this sentence, the pronoun and its verb do not agree in number. The pronoun ‘either’ is singular, but the verb ‘were’ is plural. To make the sentence grammatically correct, the verb used should be singular (was).

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