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.
The prisoner was / accused for stealing / from his landlord.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. accused for stealing.
- The error in the sentence is in part 2: "accused for stealing."
- The correct preposition to use after the verb "accused" is "of" instead of "for."
- Here, the verb "accused" is followed by the preposition "of" to indicate the crime or offense that the person is being accused of.
Thus, the corrected sentence would be:
The prisoner was accused of stealing from his landlord.