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Correct Answer: B
Correct Answer: B
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The correct option follows the grammar rule or passage evidence.
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Correct Answer: B
Method / Topic: Error Detection
In a 'neither...nor' structure, the verb usually agrees with the subject closer to it. Here the closer subject is 'his friends', which is plural. So the verb should be plural: 'were present'. The correct sentence is: Neither Rohan nor his friends were present at the meeting.
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Choose the part with an error: Neither Rohan nor his friends / was present / at the meeting.
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Correct Answer: B
Method / Topic: Error Detection
The correct option follows the grammar rule or passage evidence.
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Correct Answer: B
Method / Topic: Error Detection
In a 'neither...nor' structure, the verb usually agrees with the subject closer to it. Here the closer subject is 'his friends', which is plural. So the verb should be plural: 'were present'. The correct sentence is: Neither Rohan nor his friends were present at the meeting.
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