Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the segment of the sentence that contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 1) i.e. A.
Explanation:
- In a sentence, the verb is used according to person and number.
- 'The number of' denotes the number of plural countable nouns. It will take a singular verb.
- For example:
- The number of girls in this group is thirty.
- According to the rule and the example given above, 'was' will be used instead of 'were' in the 1st part of the sentence.
Correct Sentence: The number of containment zones was 715 in Delhi by the end of July, affecting nearly 3.5 lakh people.
- The following expressions are followed by a plural noun and a plural verb:
- A large number of, a number of, a great number of.
- Example - A large number of girls are playing.
- Note- 'The number of' is always followed by a singular verb.
- Example - The number of passengers in bullet trains is increasing.
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