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.
None but cowards / is scared of / losing the battle.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. is scared of
None but cowards / is scared of / losing the battle.
Subject-verb agreement
The subject is plural = cowards
The verb should also be plural = are scared
Hence, is scared of is the correct answer.