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 person operating at the pre-conventional level of moral reasoning (1)/ considers any decision or ethical dilemma from the point of view of avoiding (2)/ personal harm, losing or seek personal gain. (3)/ No error (4)The error is in part 3 of the sentence. It should be ‘seeking’ rather than ‘seek’.
The word ‘seek’ is grammatically incorrect in this context. Seek means an attempt to find something. While seeking is the present participle of seek. Present participle is a participle that ends with ‘ing’, used in continuous tense.
Since the sentence is framed in continuous tense the word seek should also follow the same tense.