Question
He insisted that the report (1)/ should be submitted by
the (2)/ end of the week to ensure (3)/ that there are no further delays (4)/ no error (5) A sentence has been divided into four parts, one of which may contain an error. Identify that fragment and mark it as your answer. Mark (5) if the sentence contains no error.Solution
After "insisted that," the verb should be in the subjunctive mood, which does not use "should." The corrected sentence should read: "He insisted that the report be submitted by the end of the week..."
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