Question
Given below is a sentence with an error. The error is in
one part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given the options containing the parts of the sentence. Choose the option which contains the error. The research paper, along with the supporting documents, were submitted to the committee before the specified deadline.Solution
The subject of the sentence is “The research paper”, which is singular. The phrase “along with the supporting documents” is additional information and does not change the number of the subject. Therefore, the verb should be “was submitted” instead of “were submitted.”
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