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 button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option. Anybody on the cricket team and (A)/ anybody in the debate team (B)/ are eligible for the scholarship. (C)/ No error (D)?

Option 3 : C

The given sentence has compound subject. 'Anybody on the cricket team' , 'Anybody in the debate team' are compound subjects joined by the coordinating conjunction 'and'. In general when two compound subjects are joined by 'and', the verb agrees with 'they' which is plural. But since 'anybody' is singular, the verb will be singular in case of the given sentence. Thus the error is in part C of the sentence as the verb 'are' which is plural has been used, making option 3 the correct answer.

Correct Sentence - Anybody on the cricket team and anybody in the debate team is eligible for the scholarship.