Choose the one which conveys the meaning of the sentence correctly: My mother…
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Choose the one which conveys the meaning of the sentence correctly:
My mother found an iron broken chair in the basement.
- A.
My mother found a broken iron chair in the basement.
- B.
My mother found an iron and broken chair in the basement.
- C.
My mother found a broken and an iron chair in the basement.
- D.
None of these
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Correct answer: A
Answer: My mother found a broken iron chair in the basement.
Explanation –
Why this is correct: 'broken' describes the chair's condition (state) and 'iron' describes the material. In natural English word order, an adjective expressing condition commonly precedes a material adjective, so 'a broken iron chair' is the clear, grammatical phrase.
Article choice: 'a' is correct because it applies to the word that immediately follows it ('broken'), which begins with a consonant sound.
Meaning: The sentence means one chair that is made of iron and is broken; it does not imply two separate chairs.
Why the other sentences are wrong:
'My mother found an iron and broken chair in the basement.' is incorrect because using 'and' between the adjectives is unnatural here and the adjective order is wrong; it does not form a clear description of a single chair.
'My mother found a broken and an iron chair in the basement.' is incorrect because it reads as if referring to two separate items (one broken, one iron) and repeats the article unnecessarily; it does not give the intended single accurate description.
'None of these' is not correct because the sentence 'My mother found a broken iron chair in the basement.' already provides the correct, natural wording.