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    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. She has given / me a book / last
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    The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
    She has given / me a book / last week / which I returned.

    A.

    She has given

    B.

    me a book

    C.

    which I returned

    D.

    last week

    Correct option is A

    Option (a) contains a grammatical error.
    Explanation:
    The use of present perfect tense ("has given") is incorrect with definite past time expressions like “last week”. When referring to a specific point in the past, we must use the simple past tense.
    Correct sentence: She gave me a book last week, which I returned.
    Grammatical Rule Used:
    · Present perfect (has/have + V3) is not used with past time expressions like yesterday, last week, in 2020, etc.
    · Use past simple (V2) with specific time indicators.
    Example:
    · Incorrect: I have met him yesterday.
    · Correct: I met him yesterday.
    Information Booster:
    Words like ever, just, already, recently, never, yet go with present perfect, but last week, last month, ago, in 1995 go with past simple.

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