The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
You have spoilt / the little chance you / had at succeeding.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. No error.
Error concept: Checking for grammatical correctness in the sentence.
What is wrong: At first, it may look like “had at succeeding” is wrong because we often use “chance of succeeding.” However, “chance at succeeding” is also grammatically correct and acceptable in English usage.
Grammatical concept: Both “chance at” and “chance of” are correct depending on the context. “Chance at” emphasizes the opportunity, while “chance of” emphasizes the possibility. Hence, the given usage is not wrong.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: There is no incorrectness in the sentence, so no correction is required.
How to correct: No correction needed.
Correct phrase/ correction: No error
Final sentence: You have spoilt the little chance you had at succeeding.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.