Question : Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Every soldier and every officer was in their place.
Option 1: Every soldier
Option 2: and every officer
Option 3: their place
Option 4: was in
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Correct Answer: their place
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Their refers to multiple people, whereas indefinite words such as each, every, and any have singular meanings. Thus, their should be replaced with his.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Every soldier and every officer was in his place.
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Option 1: at our colony
Option 2: A businessman
Option 3: was found
Option 4: COVID positive
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Option 1: in English
Option 2: a distinction
Option 3: Avika hopes
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