Question

Identify if there’s any mistake with regard to grammar or usage in any part of the sentence.
The officer asked that the report be submitted immediately.
A. The officer asked
B. That the report
C. Be submitted immediately
D. No error

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence is rendered meaningless if there is no proper usage of grammar. Check the application of proper modals.

Complete step by step answer:
Option A – The officer asked: This is just the beginning of the sentence which is a subordinate clause, to be completed with an independent clause. This option has no grammatical errors in it.
Option B – That the report: Like the earlier option, this one also is a subordinate clause and needs further use of words, phrases and clauses to give it meaning. However, there are no grammatical errors in this option as well.
Option C – Be submitted immediately: Let's look at the sentence again and see that this part is to be considered as the independent clause which finishes the sentence giving it a complete meaning. The phrase would give better meaning if there was the word ‘should’ in it, giving it a perfect meaning. Hence we can spot a grammatical error in this option. This is the correct option.
Option D – This option is invalid.

Thus, the answer is option (C)

Note:
It always helps to be completely aware of rules of grammar to spot or avoid mistakes that may make the sentence less meaningful. A different usage of words would show no error, if the sentence was “The officer insisted that the report be submitted immediately.”