The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Don’t go / outside / because it is / raining heavy.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. raining heavy.
In English, adjectives (e.g., "heavy") describe nouns, while adverbs (e.g., "heavily") describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Since "raining" is a verb, it requires an adverb like "heavily" to describe how it is raining. Using "heavy" is incorrect because it is an adjective and does not grammatically modify the verb.
Hence, the correct phrase is "raining heavily."