The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She is not rich / and that is why, she cannot afford to / buy a expensive bungalow / near the sea-side.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3: “buy a expensive bungalow.”
The error lies in segment 3, which reads:
“buy a expensive bungalow”
The mistake is the incorrect use of the article “a” before the adjective “expensive,” which begins with a vowel sound (/ɪ/). According to the standard rule for indefinite articles, you must use “an” before words that start with a vowel sound.
Correct usage:
“an expensive bungalow”
Why the other segments are correct:
She is not rich
Grammatically sound and logical.
and that is why, she cannot afford to
A coherent clause that connects cause and consequence.
near the sea-side
Correct prepositional phrase (though note “seaside” is usually written as one word—but grammatically the segment itself has no article error).