The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
I cannot find/the book everywhere/in the house;/ it seems to have disappeared.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. the book everywhere.
Error concept: Wrong word order in the sentence.
What is wrong: The object “the book” is placed before the adverb “everywhere,” which makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.
Grammatical concept: In English, the object usually comes after the adverb of place when using verbs like find, search, look for, etc. The correct structure is “find + object + adverb of place.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Saying “find the book everywhere” sounds wrong because it means you are finding it in all places, not that you are searching in all places.
How to correct: The object “the book” should come after the adverb “everywhere.”
Correct phrase: everywhere the book → should be everywhere for the book or the book anywhere.
But the most natural correction is: I cannot find the book anywhere.
Final sentence: I cannot find the book anywhere in the house; it seems to have disappeared.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.