The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She received / an award / for her work / in a engineering field.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. in a engineering field.
Error concept: Wrong use of article before a word starting with a vowel sound.
What is wrong: The phrase “in a engineering field” is incorrect because “engineering” starts with a vowel sound.
Grammatical concept: Before words starting with a vowel sound, the article “an” should be used instead of “a”.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “a” before “engineering” is grammatically incorrect and sounds awkward.
How to correct: Replace “a” with “an”.
Correct phrase/ correction: in an engineering field
Final sentence: She received an award for her work in an engineering field.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.