Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The recently hike / in the price of petroleum products / will hit / household budget severely.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is 'The recently hike'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
- Here, 'The recent hike' should be used instead of 'The recently hike'.
- In the given sentence 'recently' is an adverb.
- Here, the adjective 'recent' should be used instead because it modifies the noun 'the price'.
- The adjectives are the words that modify 'the noun or pronoun'.
- The adjective 'recent' means 'that happened or began only a short time ago'. (हालिया; कुछ ही देर पहले का, हाल का)
- Example: In recent years there have been many changes.
- Thus, the correct answer is Option 1.
Correct Sentence: The recent hike in the price of petroleum products will hit household budget severely.
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