Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
“Do you want to join us for lunch?” / “I'm sorry / my physics class will start at 1 p.m. / and don't finish till 3 p.m.”
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is: and don't finish till 3 p.m.
Key Points
- According to the rules of sub-verb agreement, singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs.
- The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural.
- In the question, the subject of the sentence "physics class" is actually singular (as it refers to one class), but the verb "don't" is a contraction of "do not," which is plural.
- Hence, there is a mismatch in the subject-verb agreement. With a singular subject "physics class," the verb also has to be in its singular form.
- The correct form would be "doesn't," the contraction of "does not."
So, the corrected sentence would be: "I'm sorry, my physics class will start at 1 p.m. and doesn't finish till 3 p.m."
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