Question 77

English Basic English Grammar Medium

Find the part with an error: "The committee have decided to postpone their meeting until next week."

(A) The committee
(B) have decided
(C) to postpone their meeting
(D) until next week
✓ Correct Answer: Option B Verified Solution

📘 Step-by-Step Solution & Detailed Explanation:

"Committee" is a collective noun. When it acts as one unit, as here when it makes a single decision, it takes a singular verb: "The committee has decided…"

So the error is in part (B), "have decided". (For consistency, "their" would also become "its".)

Answer: (B)

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