English Grammar - Spotting Errors

English Grammar
English Grammar - Spotting Errors

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error.


The report's emphasis on techno-optimism, while commendable, (1)/ overlook the structural inequities (2)/ that persist in data accessibility and digital literacy (3)/ across demographic and regional divides. (4)

Options:

  1. (1)
  2. (2)
  3. (3)
  4. (4)

Right Answer: (2)

The grammatical subject of this sentence is 'The report's emphasis', which is singular. The phrase 'while commendable' is set off by commas and is merely parenthetical, so it does not affect agreement. The main verb must therefore be singular, yet part two supplies the plural form 'overlook' and should read 'overlooks'. The plural noun 'inequities' that follows is a distractor and does not govern the verb. Parts one, three and four are all correctly constructed, including the relative clause introduced by 'that'. Hence the error lies in part (2).

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