The 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.

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  1. they reached there.
  2. A book market
  3. was been operated by some readers
  4. in the street when

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Option 3 : was been operated by some readers
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The 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 tenseObject + 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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