Identify the part of the sentence that has an error. (A) Neither Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
(B) Only (C) Only (D) Only (E) Only |
(D) Only |
The correct answer is Option (3) - (D) Only In the sentence, the error lies in the use of "were" after "Neither...nor." The subject-verb agreement rule states that when "Neither...nor" is used, the verb should agree with the nearest subject. In this case, the nearest subject is "the cat", which is singular. Therefore, "were" should be replaced with "was." Corrected sentence: |