Question:
Identify the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
A. The group of students, B. along with the principal C. were discussing the presentation D. for the annual function.
वाक्य के उस भाग की पहचान कीजिए जिसमें व्याकरण संबंधी त्रुटि है।
A. The group of students, B. along with the principal C. were discussing the presentation D. for the annual function.
Options:
- The group of students
- along with the principal
- were discussing the presentation
- for the annual function.
- The group of students
- along with the principal
- were discussing the presentation
- for the annual function.
Correct Answer: c)
Explanation:
When two subjects are connected by phrases like ‘along with’, ‘as well as’, ‘together with’, the verb agrees with the first subject. Here the first subject is the collective noun ‘The group of students’ (singular), so the singular verb ‘was discussing’ should be used instead of ‘were discussing’.
जब दो कर्ता ‘along with’, ‘together with’, ‘as well as’ आदि से जुड़े होते हैं, तो क्रिया पहले कर्ता के अनुसार आती है। यहाँ पहला कर्ता ‘The group of students’ (एकवचन) है, इसलिए ‘were discussing’ के स्थान पर एकवचन क्रिया ‘was discussing’ का प्रयोग होगा।