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971
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The jury was divided in their opinion.'
A. The jury
B. was
C. divided in
D. their opinion
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When a collective noun acts individually (divided), it takes a plural verb. Correct: 'The jury were divided'.
972
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I prefer tea than coffee.'
A. I
B. prefer
C. tea
D. than coffee
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'Prefer' takes the preposition 'to', not 'than'. Correct: 'I prefer tea to coffee'.
973
Identify the segment containing an error: 'There is no place in the car.'
A. There is
B. no place
C. in
D. the car
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When referring to available space for a person or thing, the correct word is 'room', not 'place'. Correct: 'There is no room in the car'.
974
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The wages of sin are death.'
A. The wages
B. of sin
C. are
D. death
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This is a biblical idiom where 'wages' is treated as singular (meaning the result or payment). Correct: 'The wages of sin is death'.
975
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Cattle is grazing in the field.'
A. Cattle
B. is
C. grazing
D. in the field
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'Cattle' is a plural noun. It requires a plural verb. Correct: 'Cattle are grazing'.
976
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Physics are my favorite subject.'
A. Physics
B. are
C. my favorite
D. subject
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Academic subjects ending in 's' (Physics, Mathematics, Economics) are singular. Correct: 'Physics is my favorite subject'.
977
Identify the segment containing an error: 'My spectacles has been broken.'
A. My
B. spectacles
C. has been
D. broken
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Nouns like 'spectacles', 'scissors', and 'trousers' are plural and take a plural verb. Correct: 'My spectacles have been broken'.
978
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The gentry of the town was invited.'
A. The gentry
B. of the town
C. was
D. invited
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'Gentry' (people of good social position) is a collective noun that is plural in meaning. It requires a plural verb. Correct: 'The gentry were invited'.
979
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Fifty kilometers are a long distance.'
A. Fifty kilometers
B. are
C. a long distance
D. No error
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Distances, weights, and amounts of money, when considered as a unit, take a singular verb. It should be 'is a long distance'.
980
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He gave me an advice regarding my career.'
A. He gave me
B. an
C. advice
D. regarding my career
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'Advice' is an uncountable noun and cannot take the indefinite article 'an'. You can say 'a piece of advice' or simply 'advice'.
