The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Who do you think / who stole / the painting / from the museum?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. who stole
- The second part of the given sentence is erroneous in nature.
- 'Who' is an interrogative pronoun that is used to find out the subject of the given sentence.
- In the given sentence 'who' is used twice, thus, the second 'who' needs to be omitted.
The correct sentence is:
Who do you think stole the painting from the museum?