In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been printed in bold.…
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In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been printed in bold. One bold part in the sentence is not acceptable in Standard English. Pick up that part and mark its number. If there are no errors in the bold parts of the sentence, mark (5) i.e. 'No error' as the answer.
The method suggested(1) in the lecture enables (2) a student to learn more sufficiently (3) and to remember for a longer period(4) of time. No error (5)
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
No error
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Correct answer: C
Concept: In error-spotting questions, each bolded part must be checked against Standard English rules - subject-verb agreement, tense/participle form, preposition and idiom, and precise word choice (a word's exact meaning/connotation, not just a near-synonym). The 'error' is whichever bolded part breaks one of these rules; if none does, the answer is 'No error'.
Part (1) 'suggested': a participle correctly post-modifying 'method' - grammatically sound.
Part (2) 'enables': agrees correctly with the singular subject 'method' - grammatically sound.
Part (3) 'sufficiently': this is a word-choice error. 'Sufficiently' means 'adequately/enough', but the sentence is describing a method that helps a student learn faster and retain longer - the sense required is pace/efficiency, which Standard English expresses with 'quickly' (or 'efficiently'), not 'sufficiently'.
Part (4) 'for a longer period (of time)': a standard idiomatic phrase for extended duration - grammatically sound.
Cross-check: substituting 'quickly' for 'sufficiently' - 'enables a student to learn more quickly and to remember for a longer period of time' - reads naturally and matches the sentence's intended meaning, confirming part (3) is the flawed usage while parts (1), (2) and (4) need no change.
Hence, part (3) is not acceptable in Standard English, and option 3 is the answer.