Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I invite him to my house / when I met him long ago / but he could not accept / because of his busy schedule.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is '1' i.e. I invite him to my house .
Key Points
- The sentence is referring to a past event, as indicated by the clause "when I met him long ago."
- In such a context, the verb in the first segment, "I invite him to my house," should be in the past tense to match the rest of the sentence.
- The correct form of the verb should be "invited" instead of "invite."
Correct sentence: I invited him to my house when I met him long ago, but he could not accept because of his busy schedule.
Additional Information
- The verb tense in a sentence should remain consistent unless there is a specific reason to change it.
- In this case, the use of "met" (past tense) and "could not accept" (past tense) indicates that the entire sentence is describing a past event.
- Therefore, the verb "invite" must also be in the past tense ("invited") for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
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