Identify the error in the following sentence.
The zoo is under the street from the temple.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. under.
Error concept: Wrong preposition used.
What is wrong: The sentence uses “under the street”, which is incorrect because “under” means below something physically, and here the meaning intended is “across the street.”
Grammatical concept: Prepositions must match the spatial/positional relation in context. Across is used to show location on the opposite side of something.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “The zoo is under the street from the temple” is illogical and ungrammatical.
How to correct: Replace under with across.
Correct phrase/ correction: across
Final sentence: The zoo is across the street from the temple.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.