In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No error' option. A news article discusses current news (P) / of either general interest or of a specific topic (Q) /  and can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening events. (R) / No error (S) ?

Option 4 : S

The sentence is free from any error making option 4 the correct answer.

Either…or… is used to connect items which are of same grammatical type (words, clauses, phrases etc.). Broadly, it connects two choices. The pattern in which this should be used in the sentence is :

I am staying either with (CHOICE 1) or with (CHOICE 2).

Note – When the two elements being referred to in the sentence “Either element A or element B” are singular, the verb followed is also singular. If both the elements are plural, then the verb followed is plural.

For example : Either Rakhi or Suresh is going to the mall.

Either the dogs or the cats are making noise.