The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The river / flowed besides / the hillock / in our village.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. flowed besides
The second part of the second sentence is erroneous in nature.
The grammatical error in the sentence is the incorrect preposition "besides" used to describe the location of the river.
The preposition "besides" typically means "near" or "at the side of," but it is not appropriate to describe the location of a river relative to a hillock.
The correct preposition to describe the location of the river would be "beside," meaning "next to" or "at the side of."
Thus, the correct sentence would be:
The river flowed beside the hillock in our village.