Question:
Identify error: ‘The committee have decided to postpone the meeting.’
त्रुटि: ‘The committee have decided to postpone the meeting.’
Options:
- a) The committee
- b) have decided
- c) to postpone
- d) the meeting
- a) The committee
- b) have decided
- c) to postpone
- d) the meeting
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
‘Committee’ is a collective noun treated as singular in formal usage → ‘has decided’. (Note: in British English ‘have’ is also acceptable for collective nouns)
औपचारिक उपयोग में ‘committee’ एकवचन → ‘has decided’। (ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में ‘have’ भी स्वीकार्य है)