Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He told his friends / that he is gone/ to visit his parents / in the evening.
Option 1: in the evening
Option 2: that he is gone
Option 3: to visit his parents
Option 4: He told his friends
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Correct Answer: that he is gone
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The error lies in the use of the present tense "is" instead of the past perfect tense "had gone". If the action of visiting his parents occurred before another past event in the narrative, we should use the past perfect tense. The usage of "had gone" in the past perfect tense indicates that the action of visiting his parents took place before another past event or time mentioned in the context.
Therefore, the correct sentence would be: He told his friends that he had gone to visit his parents in the evening.
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