The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical/spelling error.
Jack along with / his family visited / his aunt living / at America.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. at America.
Error Concept: related to the use of incorrect preposition.
What is wrong: The preposition ‘at’ is incorrectly used before the name of a country.
Grammar Concept: When we talk about the name of a country, we use the preposition ‘in’ instead of ‘at’. ‘At’ is used for specific points or small locations, not for large places like countries.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, “at America” is wrong because America is a large place (country/continent), so we should use ‘in America’.
Correction: Replace ‘at’ with ‘in’.
Corrected phrase: in America.
Final sentence: Jack along with his family visited his aunt living in America.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.