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Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select ‘No error’. Police could not catch/the gunman as he ran off/so
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Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select ‘No error’.
Police could not catch/the gunman as he ran off/so very fastly into the woods.

A.

so very fastly into the woods.

B.

Police could not catch

C.

No error

D.

the gunman as he ran off

Correct option is A


Option (a) contains an error.
· Explanation: “Fastly” is incorrect as “fast” is already an adverb. It does not need -ly.
· Grammatical rule used:
· Adverb Form Rule: Some adjectives are used as adverbs without modification. “Fast” is one such word.
· Explanation in Hindi:
· “Fast” अपने आप में adverb है। “Fastly” एक गलत रूप है।
· Meanings of other options:
· (b) Police could not catch – grammatically correct.
· Hindi: कोई त्रुटि नहीं।
· (c) No error – incorrect as there's an error in (a).
· Hindi: विकल्प (a) में त्रुटि है।
· (d) the gunman as he ran off – grammatically correct.
· Hindi: कोई त्रुटि नहीं।

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