The following sentence has been divided into four parts. Identify the part which contains a grammatical error. If there is no errar in the sentence, then select "No Error
The company will invest more (A) six hundred crores (B) in the next five years to expand (C) its operations in Britain (D).
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. A.
Error is related to / concept: Incorrect use of degree of comparison
What is wrong: “invest more six hundred crores” is incomplete.
Grammatical concept:
Correct structure: more than + number/amount
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Without “than”, the comparison is grammatically wrong.
How to correct: Insert “than” after “more”.
Correct phrase/ correction more than six hundred crores
Final sentence: The company will invest more than six hundred crores in the next five years to expand its operations in Britain.