Question 38
POST_UTME_ELIZADE_UNIVERSITY
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2019
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ENGLISH
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objective
SHARED STIMULUS
The sentence is 'The company, which is owned by John, he and his family have been in business for over a decade.'
The following sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the error and explain the correction.
Answer Options
A.
The subject-verb agreement error is in the sentence 'The team of researchers, consisting of John, Mary, and David, has been working on the project for three years.'
Correct Answer
B.
The pronoun-antecedent agreement error is in the sentence 'The company, which is owned by John, he and his family have been in business for over a decade.'
C.
The modifier error is in the sentence 'Having studied for three years, the student felt confident about the exam.'
D.
The parallel structure error is in the sentence 'The company's goals are to increase sales, to reduce costs, and to improve customer satisfaction.'
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
The pronoun-antecedent agreement error is in the sentence 'The company, which is owned by John, he and his family have been in business for over a decade.'
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Post Utme Elizade University
2019
English
Question 38.
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2019
Post Utme Elizade University
English
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