The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that has a grammatical error.
His energetic attitude / showed that he had / soundly slept / the previous night.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. soundly slept.
- "Soundly slept" is the incorrect segment. There is an error in the placement of the adverb "soundly".
- Adverbs describing how an action is performed typically follow the verb. In the phrase “slept soundly,” “soundly” describes the manner of sleeping, and it should follow the verb “slept.”
The correct sentence is- "His energetic attitude showed that he had slept soundly the previous night".