Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence.
I started feeling tired as I had been working for a long time and so I decided to call the day.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. call it a day.
Error concept: Wrong idiomatic expression.
What is wrong: The phrase “call the day” is incorrect because it does not exist as an idiom.
Grammatical concept: The correct idiom is “call it a day,” which means to stop working for the day.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “call the day” makes the sentence meaningless.
How to correct: Replace “call the day” with “call it a day.”
Correct phrase/ correction: call it a day
Final sentence: I started feeling tired as I had been working for a long time and so I decided to call it a day.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.