Question

The National Park Service has many responsibilities. They must maintain and preserve national landmarks as well as the parks that millions visit each year. A congressional committee is considering adding additional funding for outdoor education. The committee debate how to fund their ambitious plans.
What type of error is present in the underlined sentence?



Which revision fixes this error?



Answer: A collective noun is given a plural verb


The committee debates funding carefully

Answer 1

Answer:

The committee debates how to fund their ambitious plans

Explanation:

The underlined word should be "The committee debate how to fund their ambitious plans".

If so, then the type of error present in the sentence is that a collective noun uses the plural verb "debate" which is wrong.

It can be fixed by giving it a singular verb "debates" and rewritten as "The committee debates how to fund their ambitious plans"