The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Neither the doctors nor / the nurse were present / when the patient / reached the hospital.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2. i.e. the nurse were present.
- The segment that contains a grammatical error is: "the nurse were present".
- The verb "were" is incorrect as it does not agree with the singular noun "the nurse".
- The correct verb form should be "was" to agree with the singular noun.
The correct sentence should be:
"Neither the doctors nor the nurse was present when the patient reached the hospital."