Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
One of the most horrified serials of the Indian television industry was broadcast twenty years ago.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. most horrifying serials.
Error Concept: Incorrect usage of adjective form related to emotion vs. cause of emotion.
What is wrong: The phrase “most horrified serials” is grammatically incorrect. The word “horrified” describes a feeling, not the thing that causes the feeling.
Grammar Concept:
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'Horrified' is used to describe how someone feels.
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'Horrifying' is used to describe something that causes horror or fear.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: A serial cannot be horrified; instead, it can be horrifying to the viewers.
Correction: Replace “most horrified serials” with “most horrifying serials.”
Corrected phrase: most horrifying serials
Final sentence: One of the most horrifying serials of the Indian television industry was broadcast twenty years ago.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.