The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

He promised them / that he would sure repay / the loan urgently.  

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  1. No error 
  2. He promised them  
  3. the loan urgently  
  4. that he would sure repay 

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Option 4 : that he would sure repay 
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The correct answer is "that he would sure repay".

Key Points

  • In the given sentence, the error lies in the part "that he would sure repay" 
  • The word "sure" is incorrect here.
  • It should be replaced with the adverb form of the word "sure" i.e. "surely."
    • "Sure" means 
      certain to receive, get, or do something.(निश्चित)
  • The correct sentence would be "He promised them that he would surely repay the loan urgently."

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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