Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
Rahul thinks that this is quite the cheap restaurant.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Quite a cheap.
The error occurs because of the wrong use of the article
Concept-
- We need to replace 'the' with 'a' for making the statement grammatically correct.
- The correct sequence is 'adverb + a + adjective'.
- As 'quite' is an adverb and 'cheap' is an adjective, 'a' should come in between.
- So we need to use 'a' at the place of 'the'.
The correct sentence will be-
Rahul thinks that this is quite a cheap restaurant.