Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The girl lay down / on the bed / besides her mother / and went to sleep.
Option 1: on the bed
Option 2: besides her mother
Option 3: The girl lay down
Option 4: and went to sleep
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Correct Answer: besides her mother
Solution : The error lies in the second option.
The correct term to use in this context is beside instead of besides. The word beside means next to or alongside, while besides means in addition to. In this sentence, the girl is lying down next to her mother, so the correct phrase is beside her mother rather than besides her mother.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: The girl lay down on the bed beside her mother and went to sleep.
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