The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that has a grammatical error.
When he resigned, / the company offered him / a huge sum of money but / he refused to agree to it.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. he refused to agree to it.
- In the given sentence, the verb 'refused' already implies not agreeing.
- So the correct word should be 'he refused'.
- Therefore, the phrase 'refused to agree to it' should be revised to avoid redundancy.
Correct statement is "When he resigned, the company offered him a huge sum of money but he refused."