Question

Before Harris spoke in church, Biden were surveying hurricane damaged over a helicopter flight between Tampa and St. Pete Beach on the Gulf Coast.

Q: Answer-Before Harris spoke in church, Biden were surveying hurricane damaged over a helicopter flight betwe...

The original phrase Biden were surveying hurricane damaged contains two errors. First, were should be was to agree with the singular subject Biden. Second, hurricane damaged should be corrected to hurricane damage, which accurately describes the destruction caused by the hurricane. The preposition on is also the correct choice for indicating the type of flight. Thus, the corrected sentence would read Before Harris spoke in church, Biden was surveying hurricane damage on a helicopter flight between Tampa and St. Pete Beach on the Gulf Coast.

In the question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases 1), 2), 3) and 4). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct.

A was surveying hurricane damage onto a

B were surveyed hurricane damaged on an

C was surveying hurricane damage on a

D had surveyed hurricane damage when a

E no correction required

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