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Choose the sentence that is grammatically incorrect.

  • A.Eggs are sold by a dozen.
  • B.The captain with his soldiers was killed.
  • C.Why did you absent yourself from your classes ?
  • D.He accquiesced inmy proposal.

Answer: A

Correct answer: Eggs are sold by a dozen.

In this idiom the definite article is fixed: things are sold by the dozen, by the kilo, by the yard.

The other three are sound:

  • The captain with his soldiers was killed - with does not add to the subject, so the verb stays singular.
  • Why did you absent yourself from your classes? - absent as a verb is reflexive.
  • He acquiesced in my proposal - acquiesce in is correct.

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