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.
He took a hurried glance / on the newspaper / and swiftly left for work.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. on the newspaper.
The error is in the part 'on the newspaper.'
The correct preposition should be "at" rather than "on."
When someone took a glance at something, it meant they briefly looked at it. The preposition "at" is used to indicate the direction or target of the glance.
The corrected sentence would be: "He took a hurried glance at the newspaper and swiftly left for work."
NOTE: "On" generally indicates a surface or a position.