Question

Identify if the given statement is correct or incorrect. Choose the correction from the options given below:
There was a police standing at the corner of the street.
a- A police station
b- A police officer
c- The given option is correct
d- A policemen

Answer 1

Hint: Read the sentence and understand its context before comprehending it as incorrect or correct. The usage of the word ‘police’ in the sentence forms an inappropriate statement that doesn’t make any sense.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, we need to use the correct form of the word ‘police’ in the sentence, for the sentence to make accurate sense.
In the given question- The word ‘police’ can be used to indicate a police officer, police car, police station, etc. Hence, we need to replace it with a more understandable word.
The correct answer is; There was a police officer standing at the corner of the street. Here, we have used ‘police officer’ because it corresponds with the rest of the sentence.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘A police station’ is an incorrect option because a police station cannot stand at the corner of the street but it is situated.
Option b- ‘A police officer’ is the correct option because a police officer can be perceived as standing at the corner of the street.
Option c- ‘The given option is correct’ is an incorrect phrase because the given sentence requires change.
Option d- ‘A policemen’ is an incorrect option because we cannot use the indefinite article ‘a’ with the plural noun ‘policemen’. Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘b’.

Note:
 Keep in mind, it is important to understand the context of the sentence before choosing the suitable option. The subject should always correspond or form a cause-effect relationship with the predicate.