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, select ‘No error’ as your answer.
(a) This is book/ (b) you are/ (c) searching for./ (d) No error
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. This is book
Error Concept: Article usage before singular countable nouns.
What is wrong: The noun “book” is a singular countable noun, but it does not have an article before it.
Grammar Concept: In English, singular countable nouns must always have an article (a, an, the) or another determiner (this, my, one, etc.) before them.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: The phrase “This is book” is grammatically incorrect because “book” needs a determiner or article to make it complete. It should be “This is the book” to point to a specific book.
Correction: Add “the” before “book”.
Corrected phrase: This is the book
Final sentence: This is the book you are searching for.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.