Question

Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, your answer is 'E'.
The reason why most (A) people commit crime (B) is because they have not been (C) properly educated (D) No Error (E).

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. E

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

C

"Have not been" does not fit with the tense pattern of the rest of the sentence. It should be changed to "are not". C thus carries the error.