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.
We feed the horse oats for a week because it had eaten all the hay.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e We feed the horse oats.
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The correct form of the verb in this sentence is "fed," not "feed."
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Therefore, the part containing the error is: "We feed the horse oats"
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The corrected sentence should be: "We fed the horse oats for a week because it had eaten all the hay."
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This change aligns the verb tense with the past tense context of the sentence, indicating an action that occurred in the past.