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Sentence Correction Test 4
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Direction: Part of the sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choice 1 repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
No boy or girl were planning to go Goa for picnic.
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No boy or girl was planning to go for the picnic to Goa
💡 Explanation:
(4): The problem lies in Subject and Verb agreement. If two or more singular subjects are joined by 'or' then they take a singular verb. Wrong negative word usage is done in (3) and (5) options.