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Identify the error in the sentence.
She adopted a honest approach to resolving the issue.

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SSC Stenographer 2025 Question Paper (06-Aug-2025) Shift 2
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x

Sentence Error Identification

The task is to identify the grammatical error in the sentence: "She adopted a honest approach to resolving the issue." We must evaluate the specific words provided as options.

Analyzing Sentence Components for Errors

Let's examine each potential error source given in the options:

Option 1: The word $honest$

The word 'honest' is an adjective used to describe the 'approach'. Grammatically, adjectives precede the nouns they modify. The word 'honest' itself is spelled correctly. While the choice of article ('a') before 'honest' is a common point of grammatical concern in English (due to the silent 'h' suggesting 'an' should be used), the option itself refers only to the word 'honest'. As a standalone word, 'honest' is not incorrect in this context.

Option 2: The word $issue$

The word 'issue' is a noun. In the sentence, it serves as the object of the implied action of 'resolving'. The phrase "resolving the issue" is standard and grammatically sound in English. Therefore, the word 'issue' is used correctly.

Option 3: The word $resolving$

The word 'resolving' is a verb form (specifically, a gerund or present participle). It correctly functions within the prepositional phrase "to resolving the issue," indicating the purpose or manner of the approach. Its usage here is grammatically appropriate.

Conclusion Based on Provided Options

Having analyzed the words 'honest', 'issue', and 'resolving', none of these words, when considered as presented in the options, represent a clear grammatical error within the sentence structure.

Given that the options 'honest', 'issue', and 'resolving' are grammatically acceptable in their context, and the correct answer is indicated as 'x', this suggests that the error is either not among these specific word choices, or the sentence is considered correct relative to the given options.

Therefore, 'x' is the selected answer, indicating that no error was found within the provided choices.

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