Question

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error.

• A. You may choose
• B. any
• C. of the two subject
• D. No error

Hint:

Use "either" for two choices and "any" when more than two options are available.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The error is in part (b). The word "any" is used when the choice is from more than two items. Since the choice is between two subjects, the correct word is "either." Correct sentence: "You may choose either of the two subjects." \[ \Rightarrow \boxed{\text{Error in part (b)}} \]

Answer 2

An alternative check is to mentally count how many items are being compared and see if the quantifier used matches that count.

1. Option 1 ("You may choose"): A complete, correctly formed clause opener; no issue.
2. Option 2 ("any"): Counting the items being offered, "the two subjects," there are exactly two. English reserves "any" for choices among three or more and "either" for exactly two, so using "any" here breaks that rule.
3. Option 3 ("of the two subject"): Aside from the missing plural, which is not the segment being tested, the phrase correctly signals there are two items.
4. Option 4 ("No error"): Cannot be correct once the quantifier mismatch in option 2 is confirmed.

Since exactly two subjects are involved, "either" is required, not "any."

Hence, the correct answer is any.