Identify the part of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. A. The final decision was made B. between the two countries C. after long negotiation D. and several meetings.
after long negotiation
Error-spotting requires reading each labelled segment separately and checking whether it obeys standard grammar while the rest of the sentence stays sound.
Segment A, 'The final decision was made', is a well-formed passive construction with the verb 'was made' agreeing with the singular subject 'decision', so it is correct.
Segment B, 'between the two countries', is also correct: 'between' is the right preposition when exactly two parties are involved, here the two countries.
Segment D, 'and several meetings', simply extends the earlier idea by adding another plural noun to the description of the process, and 'meetings' is correctly plural.
The fault lies in segment C, 'after long negotiation'. Diplomatic talks that run through several rounds are treated in English as countable, repeated events, so the noun should be the plural 'negotiations'.
The neighbouring phrase 'and several meetings' confirms this: the sentence is describing a drawn-out, multi-stage process, and a singular 'negotiation' clashes with that plural, repeated sense.
The corrected reading, 'after long negotiations', restores agreement between the two parts of the process description.
Rule: a noun naming a repeated or multi-stage process usually takes the plural form; the segment carrying the error is after long negotiation.
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