Question

Read the sentence below and find out which part contains an error. If there is no error, the answer is "No error".

The Chairmen of all large (a) private sector banks met with (b) senior World bank officials to give its (c) suggestions about implementing the new policy. (d)

• A. The Chairmen of all large
• B. private sector banks met with
• C. senior World bank officials to give its
• D. suggestions about implementing the new policy.

Hint:

Trace the pronoun "its" back to the noun it replaces and check if the number matches.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This sentence describes bank chairmen meeting World bank officials, and we need to check if every word agrees correctly with the noun it refers to.

1. The Chairmen of all large: This correctly uses the plural "Chairmen" to talk about more than one bank head, so there is no error here.
2. private sector banks met with: The plural subject "Chairmen" is correctly matched with the plural verb "met", so this part is fine.
3. senior World bank officials to give its: The pronoun "its" is singular, but it is meant to refer back to the plural "Chairmen" or the plural "banks", so it should be "their" instead of "its". This is the error.
4. suggestions about implementing the new policy.: This closes the sentence correctly and does not need any change.

The error lies in part (c), "senior World bank officials to give its", because the singular pronoun "its" does not agree with the plural noun it stands for.

Let's summarize:

• A pronoun must match the number of the noun it replaces, singular pronoun for a singular noun, plural pronoun for a plural noun.
• Since "Chairmen" and "banks" are both plural, the sentence needs "their suggestions", not "its suggestions".

So the correct option is (c), "senior World bank officials to give its".