Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A book market / was been operated by some readers / in the street when / they reached there.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is option 3) i.e. 'was been operated by some readers.'
Key Points
- The error lies in the part 'was been operated by some readers.'
- Let's look at the structure of passive voice in the past continuous tense: Object + was/were + being + past participle (V3) + (by + subject) (Passive Voice)
- Example:
- He told me that the things were being arranged by Disha.
- Thus, 'been' should be replaced by 'being'.
- Therefore in the given sentence, we need to use 'was being operated' in place of 'was been operated' to make the sentence grammatically correct.
- Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
Correct sentence: A book market was being operated by some readers in the street when they reached there.
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