Spot a grammatical error in the following sentence. (A)Most students are one…
2024
Spot a grammatical error in the following sentence.
(A)Most students are one of the/(B)types of people who are curious but/(C)likes to bunk the class when something uninteresting happens/(D)in front of them.
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
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Correct answer: C
A relative clause introduced by 'who' must have its verb agree in number with the antecedent noun that 'who' refers to — the noun immediately preceding 'who' — not with any other noun elsewhere in the sentence.
In this sentence, 'who' refers to the plural noun 'people' in 'types of people who ___'. The clause therefore needs a plural verb throughout: it correctly starts with 'are curious' (plural) but then switches to 'likes' (singular) for the same subject 'who'. This break in agreement is the error, located in the part marked (C). The corrected form is 'who are curious but like to bunk the class...'.
Cross-check: substitute a singular antecedent — 'a person who is curious but likes...' would correctly take 'likes'. Since the antecedent here is the plural 'people' and not a singular noun, the verb must be 'like', confirming that the part marked (C) contains the grammatical error.