Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
Neither of the proposed strategies (1)/ seem to address the core issue (2)/ that the committee identified (3)/ during last month's review. (4)/
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. (2)
Error Concept: related to the use of subject-verb agreement.
What is wrong: The verb “seem” is incorrectly used.
Grammar Concept: The subject “Neither of the proposed strategies” is treated as singular, so it takes a singular verb (seems).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, “seem” is a plural verb, which does not agree with the singular subject “Neither”.
Correction: Thus, “seem” should be replaced with “seems”.
Corrected phrase: seems to address
Final sentence: Neither of the proposed strategies seems to address the core issue that the committee identified during last month's review.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.