Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it. select 'No substitution required'.
The company has the number of festival offers coming up soon.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'a number of'.
Key Points
- Here the error is of subject-verb agreement.
- 'The number of' rule { the number of + plural noun + singular verb }
- 'A number of' rule { a number of + plural noun + plural verb }
- According to the above point, a number of is used instead of the number of.
The correct sentence will be: The company has a number of festival offers coming up soon.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.
Hinglish
- यहाँ subject-verb agreement की त्रुटि है I
- 'The number of' का नियम { the number of + plural noun + singular verb }
- 'A number of' का नियम { a number of + plural noun + plural verb }
- उपरोक्त बिंदु के अनुसार, the number of के बजाय a number of का प्रयोग किया जाता है I
सही वाक्य होगा: The company has a number of festival offers coming up soon.
अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 2 है।
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