Question
Mischief are sure to (1)/crop up, in one form (2)/or
another, among (3)/the idle and ambitionless (4). Directions : 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 ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).Solution
Certain nouns always use singular verbs. These are not used in the plural sense and do not take on plural verbs. For example hair, issue, advice, information, scenery, luggage, mischief, bread, abuse, furniture, land, business, machinery, poetry etc. Mischief is sure to crop up, in one form or another, among the idle and ambitionless.
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