Identify the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error'. Alex stood besides her, (a) / watching the nurse as she gave instructions (b) / to Carmen on how to nurse the infant. (c) / No error (d)
Identify the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error'. Alex stood besides her, (a) / watching the nurse as she gave instructions (b) / to Carmen on how to nurse the infant. (c) / No error (d) Correct Answer a
The correct answer is option 1) i.e. a.
- In the part 'a' of the given sentence the use of the preposition 'besides' is wrong.
- 'Besides' means in addition to and 'beside' means adjacent to someone or something.
- In the given sentence Alex stood adjacent to 'her'.
- Hence, 'beside' will be used in place of 'besides'.
- So, the correct sentence will be: Alex stood beside her, watching the nurse as she gave instructions to Carmen on how to nurse the infant.
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