Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The police wrongly charged an innocent man of murder.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. of murder.
Error Concept: Incorrect preposition usage.
What is wrong: The verb "charge" does not take the preposition "of" when followed by the crime.
Grammatical Concept:The correct construction is: "charge [someone] with [a crime]", not "charge of [a crime]".
Incorrectness of the concept in context:The phrase "charged an innocent man of murder" is grammatically incorrect because the preposition "of" is wrong here.
How to correct:Replace "of" with "with" to form "charged an innocent man with murder".
Correct phrase/correction: with murder
Final sentence: The police wrongly charged an innocent man with murder.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.