Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
Each of the committee members (1)/ were obligated to disclose any potential conflict (2)/ regardless of how trivial it might appear (3)/ during the selection process. (4)
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The error is in part (2).
Explanation: The subject of the sentence is the indefinite pronoun 'Each', which is singular and requires a singular verb. Therefore, 'were' should be changed to 'was'.
Corrected Sentence: 'Each of the committee members was obligated to disclose any potential conflict regardless of how trivial it might appear during the selection process.'