The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

No one were / present when I / entered the hall.

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  1. present when I
  2. No one were
  3. No error
  4. entered the hall

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Option 2 : No one were
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The erroneous part is 'No one were'.

Key Points

  • The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
  • Here, 'No one was' should be used instead of 'No one were'.
  • ">The indefinite pronouns  ">anyone, everyone, someone, no one, nobody "> are always singular and, therefore, require singular verbs.
    • ">​E.X.- No one is interested in the game.
  • Thus, the correct answer is Option 2.

​Note- We use no one, nobody, nothing and nowhere to refer to an absence of people, things or places. We use them with a singular verb

Correct Sentence: No one was present when I entered the hall. 

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