In the sentence given below, one/more parts have errors and others are correct. Find out which part/parts has errors and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. The act of working out a local budget (A) are a political matter, (B)and it can only be understood (C) if the politics of the situation is taken into account. (D)
In the sentence given below, one/more parts have errors and others are correct. Find out which part/parts has errors and mark it as your answer. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer. The act of working out a local budget (A) are a political matter, (B)and it can only be understood (C) if the politics of the situation is taken into account. (D) Correct Answer B and D
The correct answer is 'B and D'.
Key Points
Reading the sentence we find that there are two errors:
Error 1
- The linking verb are used in part B is incorrect.
- The verb links the singular noun act from part A to part B.
- The sentence can be made correct if we use the singular linking verb is.
Error 2
- The linking verb is used in part D is incorrect.
- It links the plural noun politics.
- The sentence can be made correct if we use the plural linking verb are.
The correct sentence will be: The act of working out a local budget is a political matter, and it can only be understood if the politics of the situation are taken into account.
Additional Information
- Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.
- Plural form subjects with singular or plural meaning take a singular or plural verb, depending on meaning.
- Example - economics, politics etc.
- In the given sentence, politics refers to the many aspects of the situation; therefore, the part D has a plural verb.
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