Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. The cavalcade had scarcely covered a kilometre than there was a loud blast.
Option 1: scarcely covered
Option 2: The cavalcade had
Option 3: there was a loud blast
Option 4: a kilometre than
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Correct Answer: a kilometre than
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The sentence is expressing a cause-and-effect relationship between the cavalcade covering a kilometre and the occurrence of a loud blast. The conjunction "than" is not suitable for this context; it should be replaced with "when" to indicate the point in time when the loud blast occurred in relation to the cavalcade covering a kilometre.
Therefore, the corrected sentence would be: "The cavalcade had scarcely covered a kilometre when there was a loud blast."
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