In the following sentence one part may have an error. Choose the one which has…

2017

In the following sentence one part may have an error. Choose the one which has the error, if any.
This goes only (1)/a halfway (2)/ to explaining (3)/what really happened. (4)

  1. A.

    This goes only

  2. B.

    a halfway

  3. C.

    to explaining

  4. D.

    what really happened.

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Correct answer: B

Answer: The part 'a halfway' (the second part) is incorrect.

Explanation:

  • 'a halfway' is wrong because 'halfway' in this context functions as an adverb describing how far something goes and does not take the indefinite article 'a'. Use 'halfway' without 'a'.

  • 'to explaining' is acceptable here; using 'to' with a gerund is idiomatic in this phrase. An alternative would be 'toward explaining', but 'to explaining' is not incorrect.

  • The first part ('This goes only') and the fourth part ('what really happened') are grammatically correct and need no change.

Corrected sentence: This goes only halfway to explaining what really happened.

Note: If the original assessment marked a different part as incorrect, that was an error; the grammatical issue is the unnecessary article before 'halfway'.

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