Question:
Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:
All the committee members was divided over the final decision.
वाक्य के रेखांकित/अशुद्ध भाग को सही करने के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त विकल्प चुनिए:
All the committee members was divided over the final decision.
Options:
- All the committee member were divided
- All the committee members were divided
- All committee have divided between their opinions
- All committees have divided in their opinions
- All the committee member were divided
- All the committee members were divided
- All committee have divided between their opinions
- All committees have divided in their opinions
Correct Answer: b)
Explanation:
When a collective noun’s members act individually or are divided in opinion, it takes a plural verb: ‘committee members were divided’.
‘All the committee members’ बहुवचन कर्ता है और जब सदस्य आपस में विभाजित हों तो बहुवचन क्रिया ‘were’ का प्रयोग होता है।