The following sentence has been divided into three segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, select ‘No error’ as your answer.

It was possible to achieve anything, / if one has the grit and determination / to keep going. 

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  1. No error
  2. to keep going.
  3. if one has the grit and determination
  4. It was possible to achieve anything, 

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Option 4 : It was possible to achieve anything, 
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The correct answer is Option 4)
 
Key Points
  • The primary issue in the sentence is the inconsistency in verb tense.
  • The phrase "It was possible" is in the past tense, while the phrase "if one has" is in the present tense.
  • For the sentence to be grammatically correct, the tenses should be consistent.
  • Thus, the error is located in part A of the sentence.
Correct Sentence: "It is possible to achieve anything, if one has the grit and determination to keep going."
 
Additional Information
  • B: "if one has the grit and determination" – This part of the sentence is grammatically correct and does not require any changes.
  • C: "to keep going." – This part of the sentence is grammatically correct and does not require any changes.
  • No error – This would be the correct option if there were no mistakes in the sentence, but there is an error in part A.
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