The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. C.
Error concept: Incorrect verb form / word usage.
What is wrong: The phrase “please handout them” is incorrect. The correct form is “please hand them out.”
Grammatical concept:
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“Hand out” is a phrasal verb, and when an object follows it, the object should come between the verb and particle: hand them out.
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Using “handout” as a single word is a noun, not a verb.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Saying “handout them” is ungrammatical; it incorrectly treats a noun as a verb.
How to correct: Replace “handout them” with “hand them out.”
Correct phrase/ correction: hand them out
Final sentence: I have made the cupcakes, so please hand them out to me.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.