📅 Created: 07 Nov, 2024
🔄 Updated: 12 Oct, 2025

'Lately' 'many' of the 'committee's' suggestions 'has been' rejected. 'No error' ?

Explanation

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ D āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ – ‘has been’ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋:

ā§§. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖ
“Lately many of the committee’s suggestions has been rejected.”
āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ (‘subject’) āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ “many of the committee’s suggestions”āĨ¤

⧍. ‘many of the â€Ļ’ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ• (quantifier)
- āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž ‘many of the’, ‘some of the’, ‘a lot of the’ āχāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ (noun) āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāχ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇āχ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ (plural) āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϏ⧇āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (verb) āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (auxiliary verb)–āĻĻ⧁āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāύāϏāχ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
- āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “suggestions” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ ‘many of the’ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ ‘subject’–āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ—āĻŖā§āϝ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

ā§Š. āĻ–āĻžāρāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ–āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ (subject–verb agreement)
- Subject = many of the committee’s suggestions (plural)
- Auxiliary verb āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ ‘has been’ (singular) āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϭ⧁āϞāĨ¤
- āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ ‘have been’ (plural) āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŽā§‚āϞ subject āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύāĨ¤

ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧂āĻĒ
“Suggesions”–āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇:
“Lately many of the committee’s suggestions have been rejected.”

ā§Ģ. āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž
A) lately – āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻŖ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•
B) many – āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻ•, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•
C) committee’s – āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ, āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•
D) has been – singular auxiliary, āϭ⧁āϞ

āϏāĻžāϰāϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ
āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ D āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ “many of the committee’s suggestions” āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāϚāύ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ “has been”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ “have been” āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤