The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My brother trains young girls at the football academy, whereas I gets a handsome salary to teach mathematics at the same place.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. I gets a handsome salary.
Error concept: Subject–verb agreement.
What is wrong: The subject I must be followed by the base form of the verb get, not gets.
Grammatical concept:
With I, you, we, they → base verb (get).
With he, she, it, singular noun → verb + s/es (gets).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using I gets is grammatically incorrect because gets is only used with third-person singular subjects.
How to correct: Replace gets with get.
Correct phrase / correction: I get a handsome salary
Final sentence:
My brother trains young girls at the football academy, whereas I get a handsome salary to teach mathematics at the same place.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.