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In the following question, a sentence is provided with one part highlighted in bold. The highlighted phrase may or may not contain an error. Choose the option that best replaces the bold phrase to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence requires no correction, select 'No replacement required' as your answer.


Each of the team member was present at the morning briefing.

Options

A

team member were

B

No replacement required

C

team members were

D

team members was

E

teams' members were

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Correct Answer :

Option D

team members was

Solution :

The correct answer is team members was.


Explanation:
1. The distributive pronoun phrase "Each of" refers to individual items within a group, so it must always be followed by a plural noun. Therefore, "team member" should be in its plural form, "team members".
2. Since the subject of the sentence is "Each" (which is singular), it takes a singular verb. The verb "was" is singular and correctly agrees with the subject "Each".


Thus, the correct phrase to replace the bold section is "team members was", making the complete sentence:
"Each of the team members was present at the morning briefing."

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