Read the sentence, and then identify its error by selecting the appropriate answer choice.

a tidal wave and a tornado causes great damage, but tornado damage is usually more localized.

1. more localized

2. damage, but

3. damage is

4. no error

5. a tidal wave and a tornado causes

The option that contains the mistake is 5. A tidal wave and a tornado causes .

As the subject contains TWO noun phrases (1: a tidal wave, 2: a tornado) the verb should be in the present tense plural form without the third person singular suffix '-s'.

The sentence should be "A tidal wave and a tornado cause great damage, but tornado damage is usually more localized."

you need to explain that more, your grammer just needs to be close to perfect.

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .