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.
I thought of this idea / just when you called / me yesterday.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. No error.
Error concept: No grammatical or structural error is present in the sentence.
What is wrong: Nothing is wrong in the sentence. Each part follows correct grammar, tense, and structure.
Grammatical concept: The verb “thought of” is correctly used here. The phrase “think of an idea” means to come up with or conceive an idea, which is grammatically and idiomatically correct.
The past tense verbs “thought” and “called” agree perfectly, and the time marker “yesterday” supports the past tense.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: There is no incorrect usage in context. The sentence clearly expresses that the speaker came up with the idea at the same time the other person called.
How to correct: No correction is needed as the sentence is already correct.
Correct phrase / correction:
No correction required.
Final sentence:
I thought of this idea just when you called me yesterday.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.