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Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

The detective jumped down from the roof and swing open the door.

Option 1: the roof and

Option 2: swing open the door

Option 3: jumped down from

Option 4: the detective


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: swing open the door


Solution : The error is in the segment in the second option.

Explanation : The correct form of the verb should be "swung" to maintain consistency in the past tense.  To maintain grammatical consistency, both verbs in a compound sentence should be in the same tense. Therefore, "swing" should be corrected to "swung" to align with the past tense of "jumped".

So, the correct sentence would be: "The detective jumped down from the roof and swung open the door."

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