Direction: The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error, from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

He is not rich (A) / so he cannot afford (B) / to buy a expensive car (C).

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  1. C
  2. A
  3. No error
  4.  B

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Option 1 : C
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Here, the erroneous part is "C."

Key Points

  • The error lies in the part 'C.'
  • The error in the sentence is a misuse of the indefinite article.
  • The indefinite article "an" should be used before "expensive" because "expensive" starts with a vowel sound (the 'e' in "expensive").
  • Therefore, the​ correct answer is Option 1.

Correct sentence: He is not rich so he cannot afford to buy an expensive car.

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