Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error Rita…
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Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error
Rita was a model so she would starve herself to maintain their body weight.
- A.
Rita was a model
- B.
so she would starve herself
- C.
their body weight
- D.
to maintain
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Correct answer: C
Solution
The erroneous part is 'their body weight'
In this part of the sentence, the usage of 'their' is incorrect Instead, use 'her'
As the subject of the sentence is singular hence we need to use the singular pronoun for this i.e. 'Her'. The subject of the sentence is 'Rita' also the verb is 'was' a model is a subject complement.
So the correct sentence is- Rita was a model so she would starve herself to maintain her body weight.