Direction : In the following questions, some part of the sentence may have…
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Direction : In the following questions, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Pregnant woman have been urged to abstain(A)/ from alcohol by scientists who claim that even small amounts (B)/ can damage the development of a baby’s brain.(C)/ No Error (D).
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
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Correct answer: A
Explanation:
The sentence has a subject–verb agreement error in the first part. The auxiliary verb "have been" is plural, so the subject must also be plural.
Corrected sentence: Pregnant women have been urged to abstain from alcohol by scientists who claim that even small amounts can damage the development of a baby's brain.
Alternative (less natural here): change the verb to singular to match "Pregnant woman" — "Pregnant woman has been urged..." — but the plural correction is the appropriate change in this general statement.
Other parts of the sentence are correct: "from alcohol" is the correct prepositional phrase, and the clause "can damage the development of a baby's brain" is grammatically sound.