Grammar

Conceptual

Read the 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 'no error'.(Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

When I were a newspaper journalist, I always relied on the news editor and the subs to put things right.

When I were a newspaper journalist

I always relied on the news editor and

the subs to put things right.

no errors

✅ Correct Option: 1

Option 1: When I "were" a newspaper journalist is wrong, it should be "was" instead of "were" as "I" is the singular subject here.

"I were" works with hypothetical situations, for example - "If I were a singer"

The rest of the sentence is grammatically correct.

Question 22

I could count on one hand the things I know about my friend.

When I were a newspaper journalist, I always relied on the news editor and the subs to put things right.

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