Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I am indebted to my friends for the large sum of money what they gave me during my days of need.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. what they gave me.
- The word "what" is incorrect in this context. The correct relative pronoun to use here is "that."
- "What" is typically used for asking questions (e.g., "What is this?") or in statements that mean "the thing that" (e.g., "What he said was true").
- "That" is the appropriate relative pronoun to introduce a clause providing additional information about "the large sum of money."
- The corrected sentence clearly and grammatically correctly states that the friends gave a large sum of money during the speaker's days of need.
In summary, the segment "what they gave me" should be replaced with "that they gave me" to correctly and grammatically convey the intended meaning.