Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 16)
Directions to Solve
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
16.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Sixty miles is a good distance.
Discussion:
47 comments Page 3 of 5.
Ramanujan said:
8 years ago
60mile shows additions of many miles but as a whole it treated as singular so we use is.
Nirmala said:
7 years ago
Another example is Ten kilometres have been travelled by them.
Bipin kumar samal said:
8 years ago
Some nouns are plural in nature but count as singular, for ex mathematics, economics, police etc.
Mydul islam said:
8 years ago
Sixty miles is so distance is correct!
Prakash verma said:
1 decade ago
Sixty miles is used as a collective noun so 'are' will not be used. :-).
Sasikala said:
1 decade ago
But "are" is a word not in the sentence. So here D. No error is the answer.
Nikhil said:
1 decade ago
"are" word is right for this sentence
Vertika said:
1 decade ago
When a particular distance is specified, we take it as singular. For eg. Sixty miles, two kilometers.
Jitendra said:
1 decade ago
Six is plural but sixty miles is a singular.
Purnima said:
1 decade ago
Why did we use "is", it is plural "60 miles", so we should use "are".
Please tell me.
Please tell me.
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