Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Fred and George had / bewitched there trunks to fly downstairs to / save the bother of carrying them.
Option 1: bewitched there trunks to fly downstairs to
Option 2: save the bother of carrying them
Option 3: Fred and George had
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: bewitched there trunks to fly downstairs to
Solution : The segment with a grammatical error is in the first option.
Explanation: The error in the original sentence is the misuse of the pronoun "there" instead of the correct possessive pronoun "their".
There
is used to indicate a place, while "their" is a possessive pronoun indicating ownership. In this context, it should be "their trunks" because Fred and George had bewitched their own trunks.
So, the correct sentence would be: "Fred and George had bewitched their trunks to fly downstairs to save the bother of carrying them."
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