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Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error.'
Police could not catch / the gunman as he ran off / so very fastly into the woods.

Option 1: the gunman as he ran off

Option 2: police could not catch

Option 3: no error

Option 4: so very fastly into the woods


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Correct Answer: so very fastly into the woods


Solution : The error lies in the fourth option.

The word fastly is not commonly used in English. The correct adverbial form of fast is simply fast. So, the correct version of the sentence omits fastly and uses fast to indicate the rapidity of the gunman's movement into the woods.

Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "Police could not catch the gunman as he ran off so very fast into the woods."

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