The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Give me / a book / that is / on the table.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. a book.
- The second part of the given sentence is incorrect.
- The error is the use of incorrect article before 'book'.
- The sentence clearly indicates to a specific book that is kept on the table.
- Thus, use of article 'a' is incorrect. Instead, article 'the' should have been used.
The corrected sentence would be:
Give me the book that is on the table.