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.
Last night I played my guitar loudly and the neighbours complain.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. and the neighbours complain.
- The original sentence is a mix of tenses. "Last night I played my guitar loudly" is in the past tense, while "and the neighbors complain" is in the present tense.
- To maintain consistency in the timeline of events, the latter part should be in the past tense.
- Therefore, it should be "and the neighbors complained" to match the past tense of the first part of the sentence.