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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

By this time tomorrow, / you will be playing / the violin / for 48 hours.

Option 1: you will be playing

Option 2: By this time tomorrow,

Option 3: for 48 hours

Option 4: the violin


Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: you will be playing


Solution : The first option is correct.

The future perfect tense is the tense which is used to describe an event that is expected to happen before time.

The sentence is in the future perfect tense, and in these cases, will have + past participle structure is used. Thus, be playing should be changed to will have played to make the sentence grammatically accurate and convey the intended meaning.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: " By this time tomorrow, you will have played the violin for 48 hours."

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