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

Nobody were / allowed into / the containment zones / during the pandemic.

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  1. during the pandemic
  2. allowed into
  3. the containment zones
  4. Nobody were

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Option 4 : Nobody were
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The erroneous segment is "Nobody were".

Key Points

  •  We have to select that segment that contains a grammatical error.
  •  The given sentence is not grammatically correct.
  •  The error lies in Part A of the sentence.
  •  Here Nobody is an indefinite pronoun that refers to  'not any person'.
  •  Nobody is a singular pronoun and therefore we use it with a singular verb.
  •  Therefore, the usage of 'were' is incorrect here.
  •  We will use 'was' instead of 'were' with nobody for making this sentence error-free.
  •  Thus, the correct answer is option 4.

Correct Sentence: Nobody was allowed into the containment zones during the pandemic.

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