Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error
The city turned out / to be very / different to what / he had expected.
Option 1: to be very
Option 2: The city turned out
Option 3: he had expected
Option 4: different to what
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Correct Answer: different to what
Solution : The error lies in the fourth option.
The correct preposition to use after different in this context is from, not to.
In the context of comparisons, from is typically used after the adjective different to indicate the source or starting point of the difference, whereas to is often used to indicate direction or movement towards a place.
Correct sentence: The city turned out to be very different from what he had expected .
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