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Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

By the time / we will reach the station, / the train will have already left.

Option 1: By the time

Option 2: the train will have already left

Option 3: we will reach the station

Option 4: No error


Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 27th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: we will reach the station


Solution : The correct choice is the third option .

There is an error in the segment "we will reach the station" of the sentence.

The phrase "by the time" is a time expression that already indicates a point in the future, so there's no need to use the future tense again in the same clause. In English, when we use "by the time," we typically follow it with a verb in the simple present tense.

In the corrected version, " reach " would be in the simple present tense, making it grammatically accurate when used after "by the time".

Therefore, the corrected sentence is: "By the time we reach the station , the train will have already left."

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