In the following questions, 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. Their (A)/ have been a lot of complaints (B)/ regarding his behaviour lately.(C)/ No error (D)?

Option 1 : A

The error is in the first part of the sentence, thus, the right answer is option 1.

The sentence should not begin with a determiner in this case because then it should be followed by a noun or noun phrase while in the mentioned sentence ‘their’ is followed by a verb phrase, hence the sentence should begin with an adverb which, in this sentence, should be ‘there’. ‘Their’ is a possessive determiner and it can be used like this- ‘Their car was parked outside my house’. ‘There’ is an adverb used to introduce the subject of a sentence especially followed by a verb.

Correct sentence:

‘There have been a lot of complaints regarding his behaviour lately.’