The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
He is / an expert / in / an English literature.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. an English literature.
Error concept: Wrong article usage.
What is wrong: The phrase “an English literature” is incorrect because “literature” is an uncountable noun and does not take the article “an.”
Grammatical concept: Uncountable nouns like literature, advice, information do not require an indefinite article (a/an) before them.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Using “an” before literature makes the sentence grammatically wrong.
How to correct: Remove the article “an” and simply say “English literature.”
Correct phrase/ correction: English literature
Final sentence: He is an expert in English literature.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.