Question

Identify the part of a sentence which is grammatically incorrect:

[A] That hospital is so badly run
[B] that neither the nurses nor the doctor
[C] come on time, and so the patients
[D] have to wait indefinitely to get attended to

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D
• E. No Error

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

C

The given sentence talks about a badly run hospital where neither the patients nor the doctors come on time. When using 'either -or' and 'neither- nor', we use the singular/plural form based on the noun it follows. In the given sentence, part [C] uses 'come' which is the plural verb form following a singular noun 'doctor' and so, it is incorrect. The correct form of the word in part [C] must be 'comes'. Therefore, the incorrect part of the sentence is part [C] and the correct option is option (C).

The completed sentence should be: That hospital is so badly run that neither the nurses nor the doctor comes on time, and so the patients have to wait indefinitely to get attended to.