The following sentence has been divided into three segments. One of them may contain an error. Select the option that has the segment with the error. If you don’t find any error, select ‘No error’ as your answer.
Mr. Ali’s shop / is further to / the hospital.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. is further to.
Error concept: Incorrect preposition usage after the word 'further'.
What is wrong: The phrase “is further to the hospital” is incorrect. The preposition 'to' is not used after 'further' when expressing distance.
Grammatical concept: The correct preposition to use after 'further' when indicating physical distance is 'from', not 'to'.
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Correct: Mr. Ali’s shop is further from the hospital.
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Incorrect: Mr. Ali’s shop is further to the hospital.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “further to” implies direction toward something, but we’re comparing distance, not direction. So, “from” is the proper preposition.
How to correct: Replace “further to” with “further from” to indicate distance from the hospital.
Correction: is further from
Final sentence: Mr. Ali’s shop is further from the hospital.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.