The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The policeman asked (a)/ / many people but (b)/ no one was knowing (c)/ how the accident
happened. (d)/ No error (e)
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. no one was knowing.
- The error lies in part (c) of the sentence.
- The given sentence is in indirect speech. So while changing it into a direct speech 'knew' will used in place of 'was knowing'.
- The second form of the verb should be changed into 'had + V3' while in the 'direct-indirect' conversion.
- Instead of 'no one was knowing', we should use 'no one had known' in the given sentence.
Thus, the correct sentence is:
The policeman asked many people but no one had known how the accident happened.