Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
An eight years old girl has made this beautiful painting.
Option 1: girl has
Option 2: made this
Option 3: An eight years old
Option 4: beautiful painting
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Correct Answer: An eight years old
Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
When using as an adjective, it is correct to use year-old . Thus, to make the sentence grammatically accurate, eight years old should be replaced with eight-year-old because it functions as an adjective in this sentence.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: An eight-year-old girl has made this beautiful painting.
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