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    Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error. We had dinner in a Chinese restaurant and wer
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    Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
    We had dinner in a Chinese restaurant and were amazed to see the interior of a restaurant.

    A.

    and were amazed to see

    B.

    the interior of a restaurant

    C.

    We had dinner

    D.

    in a Chinese restaurant

    Correct option is B

    Option (b) contains an error.
    Explanation:
    · The phrase the interior of a restaurant is redundant because the context already specifies a Chinese restaurant. Instead, it should be written as the interior of the restaurant to refer back to the specific restaurant mentioned earlier.
    Corrected Sentence:
    We had dinner in a Chinese restaurant and were amazed to see the interior of the restaurant.
    Grammatical rule used:
    · Articles such as the are used for specific nouns already mentioned or known to the speaker and listener. Repeating a restaurant after specifying a Chinese restaurant creates redundancy.

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