Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it.…

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'E'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A – Bible
B – can be
C – regarded as
D – a great book
E - No Error

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Answer: A. BibleConcept: In sentence-correction / error-spotting questions, each labelled segment of the sentence is checked independently against ordinary rules of English…

  1. A.

    Bible

  2. B.

    can be

  3. C.

    regarded as

  4. D.

    a great book

  5. E.

    No Error

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Correct answer: A

Concept: In sentence-correction / error-spotting questions, each labelled segment of the sentence is checked independently against ordinary rules of English usage - articles, prepositions, tense, and agreement are the usual fault lines. Certain scripture/canonical-text names are conventionally referred to with the definite article 'the' as a fixed part of how the name is idiomatically used (the Bible, the Quran, the Gita) - unlike most other unique proper names (people, places), which usually take no article at all - so dropping 'the' before such a title is a recognisable error.

Application: Checking each segment in turn - by established convention this scripture is referred to as "the Bible"; the definite article is a fixed part of the idiomatic name, so bare "Bible" here is non-standard and needs "the" before it. "can be" uses the modal "can" with the passive infinitive "be regarded" - a standard, correctly formed construction expressing possibility, so no fault here. "regarded as" is the standard collocation linking a subject to how it is described, so no fault here either. "a great book" has the indefinite article "a" immediately followed by the noun phrase "great book", forming a complete, well-formed indefinite noun phrase, so this segment is fine too. Exactly one segment carries a genuine error - the missing definite article before this conventionally-titled work - so that segment is the answer.

Cross-check: Rewriting the sentence with the fix applied gives "The Bible can be regarded as a great book," which reads as fully grammatical modern English - confirming the identified segment was indeed the flaw and that no other segment needed a change.

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