Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
The experimental chef combined flavours audacious and with an almost synesthetic sensibility, creating dishes that challenged the very notion of culinary categories.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. combined flavours audacious.
Error Concept: Related to incorrect word form — specifically, the use of an adjective instead of an adverb.
What is wrong: The word “audacious” is an adjective, but in the sentence, it is describing how the chef combined the flavours — which requires an adverb, not an adjective.
Grammar Concept:
Adjectives describe nouns, while adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Since the verb here is “combined,” the word modifying it should be in adverbial form — “audaciously”, not “audacious”.
Incorrectness of the concept in context:
The phrase “combined flavours audacious” is grammatically incorrect because “audacious” cannot describe the verb “combined”. It should be “combined flavours audaciously” to correctly describe the manner of combining.
Correction: Replace “audacious” with “audaciously” to use the correct adverbial form.
Corrected phrase: combined flavours audaciously
Final sentence: The experimental chef combined flavours audaciously and with an almost synesthetic sensibility, creating dishes that challenged the very notion of culinary categories.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.