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Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly. If there is no error, indicate your response as (d).

Today she was an accomplished  / singer because she had trained  / under an acclaimed guru in her youth.  / No error.
                     (a)                                                   (b)                                                       (c)                                          (d)

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The correct answer is
Today she was an accomplished

Error Analysis: Tense Mismatch

This question requires identifying a grammatical error within the provided sentence. We need to examine the underlined sections (a), (b), and (c) for correctness.

Identifying the Grammatical Error

The error is located in part (a): "Today she was an accomplished".

  • The sentence uses the word "Today", indicating the present time.
  • However, the verb employed is "was", which is the past tense form of the verb "to be".
  • This creates a tense inconsistency, as the present time reference ("Today") clashes with the past tense verb ("was").
  • To correct this, the verb should be in the present tense, matching "Today". The correct verb would be "is". The sentence should read: "Today she is an accomplished singer..."

Therefore, part (a) contains a significant grammatical error due to incorrect tense usage.

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