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Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No error."
A witness had seen a youth, / perhaps aged young as/ ten or eleven, acting suspiciously.

Option 1: ten or eleven, acting suspiciously.

Option 2: No error

Option 3: perhaps aged young as

Option 4: A witness had seen a youth,


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Correct Answer: perhaps aged young as


Solution : The third option is correct.

The segment that contains a grammatical error is, perhaps aged young as .

The correct phrase should be "as young as".

This is a common phrase used to estimate someone's age.

Therefore, the correct sentence will be: "A witness had seen a youth, perhaps as young as ten or eleven, acting suspiciously."

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