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Writing>Identifying Sentence Errors

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct.If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Scientists researching artificial intelligence have turned its attention to the biology of the human brain and its billions of neurons to get inspiration for the next generation of computers. No error.

(A) researching
(B) its attention
(C) its billions of neurons
(D) next generation
(E) No error

答案和解析

答案：B

解析：

The correct choice is (B). The singular possessive pronoun "its" does not agree with the plural noun it refers to, "Scientists," and should be replaced with the plural possessive pronoun "their."