The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She was thinking / of marrying Sanjay / when she discovered / he has already married.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. he has already married.
Explanation:
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The sentence is in the past tense: She was thinking… when she discovered…
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So, the final part should also be in the past perfect tense to maintain consistency in tense usage.
Error in the Segment: "he has already married" is in present perfect tense, which is incorrect here.
Correction: It should be: "he had already married."
Corrected Sentence:
She was thinking of marrying Sanjay when she discovered he had already married.
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.