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Read the following sentence and identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, choose 'No error'.The committee, despite their divergent views on the fiscal policy, were unanimous in expressing its concern over the rising inflation.(A) The committee, despite their(B) divergent views on the fiscal policy,(C) were unanimous in expressing its(D) concern over the rising inflation.(E) No error
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Detailed Explanation
The error lies in segment (C) due to a violation of pronoun and number consistency with a collective noun. The sentence uses 'were unanimous' (indicating the plural sense of the collective noun 'committee' acting as individuals) and 'their' in the first clause. Therefore, the possessive pronoun referring back to the committee must also be plural ('their') instead of the singular 'its'. For a deeper understanding of how group nouns govern verb and pronoun choices, refer to the Wikipedia Reference on English grammar and agreement rules.
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