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Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error. You can tak
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Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error.
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make it to drink.

A.

to the water

B.

make it to drink.

C.

You can take a horse

D.

but you cannot

Correct option is B

Option (b) contains the grammatical error.
Explanation: The phrase "make it to drink" is incorrect. The correct expression should be "make it drink." The infinitive "to" is unnecessary here, as "make" is a causative verb, which is followed directly by the base form of the verb ("drink" in this case).
Correct Sentence: You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make it drink.
Grammatical rule used: Causative verbs like "make" are followed by the base form of the verb without "to."
Example: She made him apologize for his mistake.

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