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

The crew / of sailors / were not perturbed / by the strong gale.

A

were not perturbed

B

by the strong gale

C

of sailors

D

The crew

Solution

option A has error in it.

were not perturbed should be replaced with was not Perturbed.

crew is a singular noun and hence needs a singilar verb to qualify this, that is was and not were.