Select the grammatically correct sentence.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The carpenter kept furniture in the backyard of his house.
Error concept: Incorrect use of articles and countable/uncountable nouns.
What is wrong: Some options use “a furniture” (incorrect, as furniture is uncountable) or omit “the” before backyard where it is required.
Grammatical concept:
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Furniture is an uncountable noun, so it never takes “a” or “an.”
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When referring to a specific known place (like the backyard of his house), we use the definite article “the.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context:
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Option 2: “a backyard” — incorrect, because it refers to a specific place (his backyard).
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Option 3: missing “the” before backyard — grammatically incomplete.
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Option 4: “a furniture” — wrong, because furniture is uncountable.
How to correct: Use furniture without “a” and include “the” before “backyard.”
Correct phrase / correction: The carpenter kept furniture in the backyard of his house.
Final sentence: The carpenter kept furniture in the backyard of his house.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.