The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

The research fellow defended / his thesis scholarly / and obtained the degree.

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  1. No error
  2. his thesis scholarly
  3. and obtained the degree
  4. The research fellow defended

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Option 2 : his thesis scholarly
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The correct answer is 'his thesis scholarly.'

Key Points

  • The error lies in 'his thesis scholarly' of the sentence.
  • A thesis is a critically written scholarly piece of research work.
    • Example- She wrote her thesis on Renaissance Nativity scene 
  • Therefore, the use of 'his thesis scholarly' should be replaced with 'his thesis' to make it grammatically correct.

 

Correct sentenceThe research fellow defended his thesis and obtained the degree.

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