The following sentence has been divided into four parts. Identify the part which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error in the sentence, then select 'No Error
The whole family (A)/ would burst into (B)/ peas for laughter (C)/ No Error (D)
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. C.
Error is related to / concept: Incorrect word usage
What is wrong:“peas for laughter” is incorrect.
Grammatical concept: Correct phrase: “peals of laughter”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “Peas” (a vegetable) is wrongly used instead of “peals” (loud bursts of sound).
How to correct: Replace peas → peals
Correct phrase/ correction: peals of laughter
Final sentence: The whole family would burst into peals of laughter.