English » Spotting Errors

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

There have been / three breaks-in / in our society / this month.

A

three breaks-in

B

this month

C

in our society

D

There have been

Solution

the error is in option A

three breaks-in should be replaced with three break-ins 

break-in means the act of entering a building by force and plural form of break-in is break-insbreak-ins and not breaks-in