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.
Her decision, / given the complex circumstances, / was too impulsively made.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. was too impulsively made.
Error concept: The error lies in the incorrect adverb placement in the passive construction.
What is wrong: The phrase “was too impulsively made” is awkward and ungrammatical. In passive voice, the adverb should come before the adjective/participle (not after the auxiliary + too).
Grammatical concept:
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Correct adverb placement: “was made too impulsively.”
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Wrong: “was too impulsively made.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Placing “too impulsively” before “made” distorts the natural word order and makes the sentence grammatically incorrect.
How to correct: Rearrange the adverbial phrase.
Correct phrase/ correction:
“…was made too impulsively.”
Final sentence:
Her decision, given the complex circumstances, was made too impulsively.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.