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Answer : 2. "but everybody"
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.
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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.
- 1a long speechfalse
- 2but everybodytrue
- 3He gave suchfalse
- 4felt boredfalse
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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.