The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I looked / of the newspaper headlines / but I didn’t read / carefully.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. 'of the newspaper headlines'
The verb 'looked' is often followed by the preposition “at” when referring to what someone is observing or glancing at.
'I looked of the newspaper headlines' – Incorrect preposition.
It should be 'I looked at the newspaper headlines.'
Let’s check the other segments:
'carefully' – This is an adverb used correctly to describe how the action was or wasn’t done.
'but I didn’t read' – Grammatically correct.
'I looked' – This is fine on its own; the error is in the prepositional phrase that follows.