2017 · Q46
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
(a) Every student (b) should be asked (c) to give their ideas on the subject. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
'Every student' is a singular subject, so the pronoun referring back to it must also be singular. The correct singular pronoun here is 'his', not the plural 'their', giving 'Every student should be asked to give his ideas on the subject'. Hence the error is in (c).