Identify the INCORRECT section of the given sentence.
Four people / were / witnesses of / that event.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1, i.e., witnesses of.
Error Concept: Incorrect preposition usage
What is wrong: The phrase “witnesses of” is incorrect in this context.
Grammatical Concept: The correct preposition after “witness(es)” when referring to an event is “to”, not “of”.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: "Witnesses of" implies possession, which is incorrect. We say someone is a “witness to” an event, not “of” it.
Correction: Replace “witnesses of” with “witnesses to”
Correct phrase: witnesses to
Final Sentence: Four people were witnesses to that event.
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.