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Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in any underlined part.
(a) Not one of the hundreds (b) of sulking workers (c) were allowed to go near the factory.

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(c)

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D

No error

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Solution

The correct option is A (c)
Here, the use of 'were' is incorrect: the singular "one" (of the hundreds) requires the verb 'was'. So, option C carries the error.

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