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    Question

    The army men or the commander-in-chief (A)/were not

    ready (B)/to accept defeat so easily, (C)/so they fought fiercely (D). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark тАШNo errorтАЩ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A The army men or the commander-in-chief Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B were not ready Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C to accept defeat so easily Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D so they fought fiercely Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    When a compound subject containing a singular and plural subject are connected by тАШorтАЩ or тАЩnorтАЩ, the verb should agree with the part of sentence that is closest to the verb. So here, тАШwasтАЩ is correct because тАШcommander-in-chiefтАЩ is singular. The army men or the commander-in-chief was not ready to accept defeat so easily, so they fought fiercely.

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