The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.
That question is / much difficult / but this one is / very easy.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. much difficult.
Error concept: Wrong use of intensifier with adjective.
What is wrong: The phrase “much difficult” is incorrect. The adjective “difficult” in the positive degree should be modified with “very”, not “much.”
Grammatical concept: The word “much” is used with comparative degree (e.g., much better, much more difficult), while “very” is used with the positive degree (e.g., very difficult).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “much difficult” is grammatically wrong because “difficult” here is not in the comparative form.
How to correct: Replace “much difficult” with very difficult.
Correct phrase/ correction: very difficult
Final sentence: That question is very difficult, but this one is very easy.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.