Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

At one time birds and animals lived peaceful together.

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  1. peaceful together.
  2. birds and animals lived
  3. No error
  4. At one time

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Option 1 : peaceful together.
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The erroneous part of the sentence is: peaceful together.

Key Points

  • Replace 'peaceful' with 'peacefully' to make the sentence correct.
  • 'Peacefully', refers to an adverb which means 'in a peaceful manner'.
  • Peaceful is an adjective while Peacefully is an adverb.
  • Adding -ly to an adjective makes an adverb.
  • We use adverbs to add more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause, or a whole sentence.
  • For example - 
    • He further said that all the issues with India should be resolved peacefully. (adverb)
    • She still has powerful words of wisdom about the need to find peaceful means to resolve conflict. (adjective)
  • Here in the given sentence 'peacefully' should be used because the implied meaning of the sentence is "Once upon a time, animals and birds coexisted in harmony."

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

Corrected sentence: At one time birds and animals lived peacefully together.

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