Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Either of the two supervisors were supposed to be present at the site.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. were supposed to be.
- When 'Either' is used a pronoun it will always take singular verb with it. Hence, 'was' will be used in place of 'were'.
- Either and neither are pronouns. But they can also be conjunctions (correlative), adjectives, determiners, and even adverbs.
- When either word is used as a pronoun and as the subject of a sentence or clause—and it's the only subject—it takes a singular verb.
- Hence, 'were supposed to be' part of the sentence has error.
Therefore, the correct sentence will be:
Either of the two supervisors was supposed to be present at the site.