Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The magistrate asked the prisoner what was he doing with his hand in the gentleman’s pocket.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. what was he doing.
In indirect questions, the subject comes before the verb. The correct structure is "what he was doing" instead of "what was he doing."
The correct sentence should be "The magistrate asked the prisoner what he was doing with his hand in the gentleman’s pocket."