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Which of the following sentences is wrong in its usage of pronouns?

Which of the following sentences is wrong in its usage of pronouns? Correct Answer She enquired whether either of the doctors were at the clinic

The correct usage should be ‘’She enquired whether either of the doctors was at the clinic”. Because of the word ‘either’ the verb should be in singular and thus ‘were’ cannot be used.

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