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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

The teacher checked / whether each of them / have a blanket / as it was a cold night.

Ahave a blanket

Bas it was a cold night

CThe teacher checked

Dwhether each of them Correct

Answer:

A. have a blanket

Read Explanation:

• The word "each" is a singular distributive pronoun. • Even though "them" is plural, the verb must agree with "each." • Therefore, "have" should be replaced with "has"


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