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Q:

Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

He gave such a long speech but everybody felt bored.

  • 1
    a long speech
  • 2
    but everybody
  • 3
    He gave such
  • 4
    felt bored
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Answer : 2. "but everybody"
Explanation :

The correct form is "He gave such a long speech, but everybody felt bored." A conjunction (e.g., "and," "but") is needed to connect the two independent clauses.

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