Identify the part of the sentence which contains an error. The coin collector…
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Identify the part of the sentence which contains an error.
The coin collector was willing to pay / a huge sum for the rare coin / because it was / one kind.
- A.
because it was
- B.
one kind
- C.
The coin collector was willing to pay
- D.
a huge sum for the rare coin
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Correct answer: B
The error lies in the phrase “one kind.”
The intended expression is the idiom “one of a kind,” which means unique or the only one of its type. Omitting “of a” leaves the phrase incomplete and changes its meaning, so “one kind” is grammatically wrong here.
Corrected sentence: The coin collector was willing to pay a huge sum for the rare coin because it was one of a kind.