The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A famous economist / says that / the government should do more / for create enough jobs.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. for create enough jobs.
Error Concept: related to the use of correct verb form after a preposition.
What is wrong: The base form ‘create’ is incorrectly used after the preposition ‘for’.
Grammar Concept: After a preposition, we must use the -ing form (gerund) of a verb, not its base form.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Here, “for create” is wrong because ‘for’ should be followed by ‘creating’.
Correction: Replace ‘create’ with ‘creating’.
Corrected phrase: for creating enough jobs.
Final sentence: A famous economist says that the government should do more for creating enough jobs.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.