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Directions: Identify the part having a grammatical error.
(A) The father as well as (B) the sons were (C) involved in the murder. (D) No error
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(B)
💡 Explanation:
The phrase 'the father as well as the sons' is singular because 'as well as' is a parenthetical phrase that doesn't make the subject compound. Only 'the father' is the grammatical subject, which is singular. Therefore, 'were' should be 'was'. This is a common error: phrases like 'as well as', 'together with', or 'along with' don't create plural subjects like 'and' does.