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.
It was that cold/ that I could not feel/ my fingers at night.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. It was that cold.
Error concept: Incorrect word order for emphasizing degree
What is wrong: The segment “It was that cold” is not the standard way to express extreme cold in formal English. The usual construction is “It was so cold…” to indicate intensity.
Grammatical concept: Degree of adjective with result clause
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “that” instead of “so” before the adjective is incorrect when leading into a result clause.
How to correct: Replace “that” with “so” to properly convey the degree of cold.
Correct phrase/correction: It was so cold
Final sentence: It was so cold that I could not feel my fingers at night.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.