The unintentional mistakes made by the clerical staff was overlooked by the officer.
Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there in an error is any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a), (b) or (c). If you determine there is no error, indicate your response as (d).
- A. The unintentional mistakes
- B. made by the clerical staff
- C. was overlooked by the officer ✓
- D. No error
Correct Answer: C. was overlooked by the officer
Explanation
The subject "unintentional mistakes" is plural, so the verb must be plural ("were overlooked").
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