The following sentence contains either a singleerror or no error at all. If the sentence containsan error, select the one underlined part thatmust be changed to make the sentencecorrect.If the sentence contains no error, selectchoice E.
Many common English words such as shampoo, pajamas and bungalow were first used on theIndian sub-continent and have its origins in the Hindi language. No error
(A) Many common
(B) such as
(C) were first used
(D) its origins
(E) No error
答案:D
解析:
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where thereis a pronoun agreement error. The singularpossessive pronoun "its" does not agree with theplural noun to which it refers, "words," and shouldtherefore be replaced with the appropriate plural possessive pronoun, "their."
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