Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: What the organization did not examine thoroughly enough (1)/ were not the scheme’s objectives themselves, (2)/ but the political consequences it (3)/ might have caused if carried out without wider agreement. (4)

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(2). The error is in part (2): after the singular subject clause beginning with "What...", the verb should be singular, not "were." The correct structure is "What the organization did not examine thoroughly enough was not the scheme’s objectives themselves..."

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: What the organization did not examine thoroughly enough (1)/ were not the scheme’s objectives themselves, (2)/ but the political consequences it (3)/ might have caused if carried out without wider agreement. (4)

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