Question

    Read the sentence to find out whether there is any

    grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).                                                                                                   A pilot and a rescue dog he was transporting to an animal shelter was killed when a small plane crashed in the snowy Catskill Mountains.
    A A pilot and a rescue dog he was Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B transporting to an animal shelter Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C was killed when a small plane Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D crashed in the snowy Catskill Mountains Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The subject of the sentence, "A pilot and a rescue dog," is compound (two subjects: "pilot" and "rescue dog"), so the verb should be plural ( "were" ) instead of singular ( "was" ).  

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