In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Mother-in-laws (A)/ are (B) / a nuisance.(C) / No Error (D)
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. A.
The error lies in part A of the statement because of the wrong use of Numbers.
Concept-
- We need to replace "Mother-in-laws" with "Mothers-in-law" to make the statement grammatically correct.
- Whenever we need to make the plural of a hyphenated noun/compound noun we need to add "s" with the base noun.
- As in this case, the base noun is "Mother" we need to add "s" with it.
The correct sentence will be-
Mothers-in-law are a nuisance.