Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
The official, addressing the press yesterday, (1)/ claimed that the matter had been resolved (2)/ though no evidence supporting the statement (3)/ was ever made available. (4)
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. (4)
Error Concept: related to incomplete sentence structure.
What is wrong: The phrase “though no evidence supporting the statement” lacks a verb, making it grammatically incomplete.
Grammar Concept: A clause must contain a subject and a verb. Here, the clause requires a verb like “was provided” or “was available” to be complete.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The sentence breaks flow because the clause after “though” is incomplete and does not form a proper idea.
Correction: Add an appropriate verb to complete the clause.
Corrected phrase: though no evidence supporting the statement was provided.
Final sentence: The official, addressing the press yesterday, claimed that the matter had been resolved though no evidence supporting the statement was provided.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.