The following sentence has been divided into parts One of them may contain an error Select the part ...........

English Language (CGL) Error correction

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.Select the part that contains the error

from the given options. If you don’t find anyerror, mark ‘No error’ in your answer.

The river appears to have / got its name / from the town nearby.

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SSC CGL 13th August 2021 Shift-2

got its name

from the town nearby

The river appears to have

No error

- Option 1: got its name

- This part of the sentence is correct. "Got its name" is a common and proper construction in English to describe how something acquired its name.

- Option 2: from the town nearby

- This part is also accurate. It's a correct way to indicate the origin of the name, suggesting the river took its name from a nearby town.

- Option 3: The river appears to have

- This beginning section of the sentence correctly sets up the passive construction. "Appears to have" implies a supposition or an observable fact.

- Option 4: No error

- ? The entire sentence is correctly constructed. It logically and grammatically describes how the river acquired its name.

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