Select the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

More man than one (A) were killed(B) in the massacre.(C) No error(D)

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

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Option 1 : A
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The error lies in part A. 

Key Points 

  • Use 'men' instead of 'man'
  • Rule: For "more than one" there can be the following structures.- 
  1. More than one+Noun(singular)+verb(singular)  OR
  2. More+Noun(plural)+than one+Verb(plural)
  • In the given sentence 2nd structure is to be followed hence we shall use 'plural noun'- men instead of singular noun- 'man'

The correct sentence- More men than one were killed in the massacre.

​​Additional Information
Massacre- Killing a large number of people,
Synonym- carnage, bloodbath.

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