Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentences may have one or more grammatical errors. Select the grammatically incorrect option from among those given below the set of sentences.

(A) Everybody spoke up in unison for their rights. (B) One has to reckon with the fact that he is ultimately responsible for his own deeds. (C) Let us not chortle at others' discomfiture.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and B

  5. Both A and C
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Both (A) and (B) are incorrect. 'Everybody' should be followed by singular pronoun in the possessive case and not 'their', which is plural. Similarly, 'One' should be followed by the pronoun 'one' or 'one's' and not by 'he' or 'his'.

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