Question
Download Solution PDFIdentify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
One of the girls from our college have been selected for the National Basketball Championship.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'our college have been selected'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
- Here, 'our college has been selected' should be used instead of 'our college have been selected'.
- The given sentence is an example of subject-verb agreement. And here, 'singular verb' that is 'has' should be used.
- The structure of these kinds of sentences is: One + of + the + plural noun + singular verb.
- Example: This is one of the best institutions I have ever enrolled in.
- Example: This is one of the best institutions I have ever enrolled in.
Correct Sentence: One of the girls from our college has been selected for the National Basketball Championship.
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