Question

Correct the underlined part of the sentence. If there is no error choose "no change."

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the proposal to replace the existing Articles of Confederation with a federal constitution were met with fierce opposition.

• A. No change
• B. Having been met with
• C. It with
• D. Met with
• E. Met their

Answer 1

The correct option is D Met with

Here, the problem in the given sentence is regarding the subject-verb agreement- the singular subject 'proposal' does not correspond with the plural verb 'were' and requires a singular verb. Option D rectifies this and is the correct answer.