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    Question

    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.

    "Neither the manager /nor the employees were /aware of

    the new policy, which /were implemented last week."
    A aware of the new policy, which Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Neither the manager Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C nor the employees were Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D were implemented last week Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The error is in part (D). The correct form should be "which was implemented last week." This is because the subject "policy" is singular, so the pronoun "which" should also be followed by the singular verb "was."

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