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SSC CPO 2019 PYQ — Question 17

SSC CPO Tier I - 12th March 2019 - Shift 2 • English • Q17

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Identify the segment in the sentence, which contains the grammatical error.

Neither Mohit nor Rohit were there at the shop when I went there.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. were there.

  1. The error lies in part 2 of the statement because of the wrong use of the subject-verb agreement.
  2. We need to replace "were" with "was" for making the statement grammatically correct. 
  3. In case of "neither ____S1_____ nor _____S2_____" verb is used according to the second subject.
  4. As the second subject is singular in the given statement we need to use a singular verb.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.

The correct sentence will be-

Neither Mohit nor Rohit was there at the shop when I went there.