Identify the grammatical mistake in a given sentence. The psychological actions / of his wife / was thoroughly upset Mr. Amith / No error
was thoroughly upset Mr. Amith
This is an error-spotting question, so each segment must be checked for grammar, chiefly subject-verb agreement and correct sentence structure.
The grammatical subject of the sentence is 'The psychological actions', a plural noun phrase, and the verb must agree with it in number.
A plural subject requires the plural verb 'were', whereas the segment uses the singular 'was', which breaks subject-verb agreement.
There is a second problem in the same segment: 'was thoroughly upset Mr. Amith' is structurally faulty; a correct version would read 'thoroughly upset Mr. Amith' or 'were such that Mr. Amith was thoroughly upset'.
The rule is that the number of the verb is fixed by the head noun of the subject, here 'actions', not by any nearer singular noun such as 'wife'.
The segments 'The psychological actions' and 'of his wife' are grammatically fine, so 'No error' cannot be the answer.
Hence, the error lies in was thoroughly upset Mr. Amith.
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