Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Several minutes had passed / before she returned / carry milk / for the dog.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is "carry milk"
Key Points
- In the given sentence, the usage of "carry" is incorrect instead of this we need to use "carrying"
- In the given sentence, there are two clauses the main clause and the subordinate clause. In the subordinate clause, i.e. "before clause" "returned" is the main verb and a transitive verb and we know that after the transitive verb we always need to use an object.
- "carry" is a verb hence, we need to use a present participle form of this i.e. "carrying" so the main object will be "milk". "carrying" will tell about "milk".
So the correct sentence is- Several minutes had passed before she returned carrying milk for the dog.
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