The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical/spelling error.
He was lying at / his bed when he / saw the snake entering / through the window.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. He was lying at.
Error concept: Wrong preposition used with “lying.”
What is wrong: The sentence uses “lying at his bed,” which is incorrect.
Grammatical concept: The correct preposition with “bed” is on, not at. We say “lying on the bed,” not “lying at the bed.”
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “at” makes the sentence grammatically wrong and unnatural.
How to correct: Replace “lying at” with lying on.
Correct phrase/ correction: lying on
Final sentence: He was lying on his bed when he saw the snake entering through the window.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.