The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Spanish person are well known worldwide / for their warm hospitality / and food.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Spanish person are well known worldwide.
Error concept: Subject–verb agreement and incorrect use of singular noun.
What is wrong: The phrase “Spanish person are” is incorrect because:
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Person is singular, so it cannot take the plural verb are.
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To match with are, the subject should be plural (Spanish people).
Grammatical concept: A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using person are breaks the subject–verb agreement rule.
Correct phrase/ correction: Spanish people are well known worldwide.
Final sentence: Spanish people are well known worldwide for their warm hospitality and food.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.