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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. A team of researchers from the University of Florence and Germany's University of Bonn found that plants (1)/ respond to anesthetics the same way that (2)/ humans and animals does. (3)/ No error (4)

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The error lies in part (3) of the sentence. The subject in this clause is "humans and animals", which is a plural compound subject. According to the rules of subject-verb agreement, a plural subject must take a plural verb. The singular verb 'does' should be replaced with the plural verb 'do'.Incorrect: ...humans and animals does.Correct: ...humans and animals do.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. A team of researchers from the University of Florence and Germany's University of Bonn found that plants (1)/ respond to anesthetics the same way that (2)/ humans and animals does. (3)/ No error (4)

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