In the following question, one part of the sentence has an error. Read the sentence to find the error and mark the corresponding option. If the sentence has no error choose option 4 ‘No error’ as your answer. Who will back me over when I am taken (A) to the police station, beaten mercilessly, and (B) forced to admit to a crime that I have not committed (C) No error (D)?

Option 1 : A

Correct option 1) The error lies in part B.

• Phrasal verbs: a verb that is made up of Main Verb together with an adverb or a preposition, or both. 

• Some other phrasal verbs of 'back' are: 

  • Back down - to withdraw from a commitment or a position.
  • back off - to move backward, to draw back from an action or confrontation.
  • Back out - to withdraw from something one has agreed to do.
• Some phrasal verbs can be split while others cannot be split. ​If a phrasal verb has a direct object, we can split it by putting the object in between. For example
  • Get over, which means to recover from (an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience), cannot be broken down. 
    • ​How can one get over the loss of a loved one?
  • Similarly, we cannot split 'ask around'.
    • I asked around at the office and found out that no one has seen my red file.
  • ​Call off, which means to cancel, can be broken down.
    • ​I have asked her to call the meeting off. 

Hence, the correct sentence will be - Who will back me up when I am taken to the police station, beaten mercilessly, and forced to admit to a crime that I have not committed?