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 language of the foreign delegate was full extraordinary;/ only a few could understand his speech/ last evening.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. The language of the foreign delegate was full extraordinary;
Error Concept: Incorrect use of intensifier with adjective.
What is wrong: The phrase “full extraordinary” is grammatically incorrect.
Grammar Concept: Adjectives like “extraordinary” should be modified by proper intensifiers such as “quite,” “completely,” or “truly,” not “full.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “full” with “extraordinary” makes the sentence ungrammatical and awkward.
Correction: Replace “full” with “quite” to correctly intensify the adjective.
Corrected phrase: quite extraordinary.
Final sentence: The language of the foreign delegate was quite extraordinary; only a few could understand his speech last evening.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.