Question

Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, your answer is 'E'.
The Vice-President of India and (A) the Vice-chancellor of this university (B) have given (C) his consent to join the meeting (D) No Error (E).

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. E

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

D

Let's examine the sentence "The Vice-President of India and the Vice-Chancellor of this university have given his consent to join the meeting." We know from the rules of subject-verb-agreement that two nouns, which suggest different ideas to the mind, when are separated by 'and' require a plural verb. This sentence definitely follows this rule but ignores the correct use of the possessive adjective, which should be 'their' instead of 'his', to maintain the grammatical harmony of the sentence. Hence, part D of the sentence contains the error. hence, option D is correct.