The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
By this time tomorrow, / you will be playing / the violin / for 48 hours.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. you will be playing.
- The error in the original sentence is in the use of the future perfect continuous tense.
- When expressing an action that will have started in the past, continued into the future, and is expected to continue for a specified duration, we use "will have been" followed by the present participle form of the verb (playing) and then the duration (48 hours).
- This construction indicates an action that starts before a certain point in the future (in this case, "this time tomorrow") and continues up to that point.
Hence, the correct answer is option 1.