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).

No one from the authorities (A)/ were present during (B)/ the demolition drive. (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 as ‘no one’ is a singular pronoun and ‘were’ is a plural one. Thus, to make the sentence correct, ‘were’ must be changed into ‘was’ (singular verb).

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