In the following questions, few sentences are given. Choose and mark the sentence which contains no grammatical or contextual error in it. If all the sentences are grammatically and contextually incorrect, mark "All are incorrect" option as the answer choice.
Correct Answer :
She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values.
Solution :
The correct sentence with no grammatical or contextual error is: "She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values."
Detailed Step-by-Step Analysis of Each Option:
1. Option 1: "He has completed his training and joined the department since April."
Incorrect: The use of "joined" (simple past tense) combined with "since April" is grammatically incorrect. "Since" specifies a starting point in time up to the present, which typically requires a present perfect tense verb phrase. Additionally, "joined" refers to a single past action completed at a point in time, which should take an exact preposition like "in April" rather than "since April". A correct phrasing would be: "He completed his training and joined the department in April."
2. Option 2: "Either the clerk or the officers is responsible for this serious error."
Incorrect: Subject-verb agreement rule for subject pairs connected by "either... or" states that the verb must agree with the subject closest to it. Here, "officers" is plural and is closer to the verb than "clerk", so the plural verb "are" should be used instead of the singular "is". The correct phrasing is: "Either the clerk or the officers are responsible for this serious error."
3. Option 3: "She would rather resign from her post than compromise her values."
Correct: This sentence is grammatically and contextually sound. The phrase "would rather... than..." is correctly structured, using bare infinitives ("resign" and "compromise") in parallel position.
4. Option 4: "The jury have announced its verdict after three days of deliberation."
Incorrect: Pronoun-antecedent agreement and verb consistency error. The collective noun "jury" acts as a single unified unit here (since it reaches a singular "verdict"). Therefore, it takes a singular verb "has" alongside the singular possessive pronoun "its", or if treated as plural, it should take "their". Combining plural verb "have" with singular possessive pronoun "its" is inconsistent. The correct phrasing is: "The jury has announced its verdict after three days of deliberation."
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