Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
My sister called me for my lunch hours to tell me that she was getting married
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. My sister called me for my.
- The sentence is a complex sentence consisting of a main clause and a subordinate clause.
- The main clause is "My sister called me to tell me" and the subordinate clause is "that she was getting married."
- The word "for" in the given sentence is incorrect. It should be replaced with "during" as the correct preposition to use with "lunch hours" is "during."
- Therefore, the error is in the phrase "for my lunch hours."
The correct sentence is:
"My sister called me during my lunch hours to tell me that she was getting married."