Question

'The new employee are qualified but not experienced.'(Identify the type of error in it.)

• A. Subject-verb agreement
• B. Tense consistency
• C. Modifier placement
• D. Pronoun reference

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Subject-verb agreement

"The new employee are qualified but not experienced." is a subject-verb agreement error.

The word "employee" is singular, but the verb "are" is plural. To correct the sentence, the verb should be singular to agree with the singular subject "employee."

The corrected sentence is: "The new employee is qualified but not experienced."