Directions: Read the sentence below to find out if there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Select the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, select 'No Error'.
Municipal hospitals in the state (A) / has been instructed to suspend (B) / routine elective surgeries (C) / until the end of the month (D) / No Error (E).
Correct Answer :
B
Solution :
The correct answer is B.
Explanation:
The given sentence is divided into the following parts:
(A) Municipal hospitals in the state
(B) has been instructed to suspend
(C) routine elective surgeries
(D) until the end of the month
(E) No Error
In part (B), the singular verb "has" is grammatically incorrect. The subject of the sentence is "Municipal hospitals", which is a plural noun. According to the rule of subject-verb agreement, a plural subject must take a plural verb.
Therefore, "has been instructed" should be corrected to "have been instructed".
Corrected Sentence:
"Municipal hospitals in the state have been instructed to suspend routine elective surgeries until the end of the month."
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