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.
The recommendations of the committee / regarding changes in the eligibility criteria / was not accept.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. was not accept
Error concept: Incorrect verb form
What is wrong: The verb “accept” is in its base form, but it should be in the past participle form after was.
Grammatical concept: After was, we use the past participle to form the passive voice.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using accept instead of accepted makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.
How to correct: Replace accept with accepted.
Correct phrase/ correction: was not accepted
Final sentence: The recommendations of the committee regarding changes in the eligibility criteria was not accepted.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.