Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
The team of scientists were conducting experiments to test their hypothesis.
Option 1: experiments to test
Option 2: The team of scientists
Option 3: their hypothesis
Option 4: were conducting
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Correct Answer: were conducting
Solution : The error lies in the fourth option .
Explanation:
The subject in this sentence is
team,
not
scientists.
The team
is a collective noun treated as a single unit; therefore, it takes a singular verb. Even though there are multiple scientists in the team, the subject
team
is singular; hence, the verb should also be singular, which is "was" instead of "were."
The correction adheres to the rule of the subject-verb agreement using the singular verb "was" to match the singular subject team .
Therefore, the correct sentence should be, "The team of scientists was conducting experiments to test their hypothesis."
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