Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Lavanya was happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year has grow quite taller.

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  1. had grown quite tall
  2. had grow quite taller
  3. No substitution required
  4. had grown quite tallest

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Option 1 : had grown quite tall
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The correct answer is 'had grown quite tall'.

Key Points

  • The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
  • Here, 'had grown quite tall' should be used instead of 'has grown quite taller'.
  • The given sentence is in the past perfect tense. Hence, the use of present tense is grammatically incorrect.
  • We need to follow the rule of parallelism as the subject 'Lavanya' is common in the whole sentence, so the same tense shall be used to make it grammatically correct.
  • We tend to go for Option 4 but it would be incorrect because 'a superlative adjective is an adjective used in comparisons to describe something as being of the highest degree or extreme'. 
  • Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 1.
     

Correct Sentence: Lavanya was happy to see that the tree they had planted the previous year had grown quite tall.

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  • दिया गया वाक्य व्याकरण की दृष्टि से गलत है।
  • यहां 'has grow quite taller' के बजाय 'had grown quite tall' का इस्तेमाल किया जाना चाहिए।
  • दिया गया वाक्य Past perfect  Tense में है। इसलिए, Present Tense का उपयोग व्याकरणिक रूप से गलत है।
  • हमें समानता के नियम का पालन करने की आवश्यकता है क्योंकि 'लावण्य' विषय पूरे वाक्य में सामान्य है, इसलिए इसे व्याकरणिक रूप से सही बनाने के लिए उसी काल का उपयोग किया जाएगा।
  • हम विकल्प 4 के लिए जाते हैं लेकिन यह गलत होगा क्योंकि 'एक Superlative Adjective एक Adjective है जिसका उपयोग किसी चीज को उच्चतम डिग्री या चरम के रूप में वर्णित करने के लिए किया जाता है'।
  • इसलिए, ऊपर वर्णित बिंदुओं के अनुसार, हम पाते हैं कि सही उत्तर विकल्प 1 है।
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