Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Your eldest sister / lives in / a big city, / does she?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is 'does she'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
- Here, 'doesn't she' should be used instead of 'does she'.
- According to the “Question Tag rule”, if the statement is positive, the question tag will be negative but in the contracted form(‘t) & Vice-versa.
- However, the sentence and the question tag must be in the same tense.
- Similarly, the given sentence is positive so the question tag will be negative(doesn’t).
- Hence, ‘doesn’t she’ is the most appropriate answer.
Correct Sentence: Your eldest sister lives in a big city, doesn't she?
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