The following sentence has been split into four segments Identify the segment that contains a gramma...........

English Language (CHSL) Error correction

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

They attend / a meeting / in Chicago / this weekend.

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SSC CHSL 8th June 2022 Shift-1

a meeting

this weekend

in Chicago

They attend

- "They attend" is the segment under scrutiny. This is present tense, but the event is in the future.

- "a meeting" refers to the event they are attending. This is grammatically correct.

- "in Chicago" specifies the location of the meeting. This is correct as a prepositional phrase.

- "this weekend" indicates the time frame, correctly placed at the end of the sentence.

The correct sentence should use future tense for an event happening in the future: "They will attend a meeting in Chicago this weekend."

- "They attend" is the correct option with the error, as it should be in the future tense.

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