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

I ate / the egg / yesterday for / my dinner.

Option 1: the egg

Option 2: yesterday for

Option 3: I ate

Option 4: my dinner


Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: the egg


Solution : The correct choice is the first option .

The error in the original segment lies in the article used before " egg". The correct article is " an " instead of " the". This is because when referring to a singular, countable object like an egg in a general sense, we use the indefinite article "an" instead of "the".

Therefore, the corrected sentence is: "I ate an egg yesterday for my dinner."

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