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Given are sets of three sentences. One, two or all the sentences may have error(s) of grammar or syntax or Standard English usage. Identify only the sentences that are incorrect.
A. None except her and her father arrived at the venue in time.
B. Either you, or your brother or sister ought to have informed me.
C. Neither the students nor their teacher or the school came forward to tender an apology.

A
Only B.
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B
Only C.
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C
Both A & B.
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D
Both B & C.
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Solution

The correct option is B Only C.

option (c)

The usage of neither is incorrect in this sentence. Neither can be followed by ‘or’ or ‘nor’, but as per the rules of parallelism nor cannot be substituted the next time by ‘or’. Answer: is opton (B)


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