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Each question is divided into four parts where one of the parts may or may not contain an error. Choose the part that has the error as your answer. If all the parts are correct choose “No Error”.

The company is proud of their (A)/ employees, and it (B)/ appreciates the support (C)/ from its dedicated staff. (D)

Options

A

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

No error

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Correct Answer :

Option A

A

Solution :

To identify the correct part containing the error, let us analyze the grammatical agreement in the sentence step-by-step:

1. The sentence states: "The company is proud of their (A)/ employees, and it (B)/ appreciates the support (C)/ from its dedicated staff. (D)"

2. Let's look at the subject of the sentence: "The company". The noun "company" is a collective noun acting as a single unit here, which makes it a singular noun. This singular nature is also confirmed later in the sentence by the singular pronouns used to refer back to it: "it" in part (B) ("and it appreciates...") and "its" in part (D) ("from its dedicated staff...").

3. In part (A), the plural possessive pronoun "their" is used to refer back to "The company". Since "company" is a singular collective noun, using "their" creates a pronoun-antecedent agreement error. The singular possessive pronoun "its" should be used instead to maintain agreement.

4. Corrected version of part (A) should be: "The company is proud of its..."

Therefore, the grammatical error lies in part (A).

The correct answer is Option A.

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