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Identify the sentence that contains a grammatical or structural error in its application of advanced syntactic rules, subject-verb agreement, or modifiers.
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Option (b) contains a subject-verb agreement error. In formal British and American English, a collective noun like 'committee' can sometimes take a plural verb if the members are thought of as acting individually (noun of multitude); however, when treated as a single, unified institutional body—indicated here by the singular possessive/contextual cohesion of finalizing a single policy—a singular verb ('has') is required, or the noun must be explicitly phrased with plural constituents (e.g., 'members of the committee have'). Furthermore, standard concord treats 'committee' as singular when acting unitarily. For a deeper understanding of agreement principles, consult the Wikipedia Reference on syntactic agreement.
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