Psychology did not develop into a science based of careful observation and exper...........

General English Error correction

Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

Psychology did not develop into a science based of careful observation and experimentation until the late 1800s.

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Psychology did not develop into a science

based of careful observation

and experimentation until the late 1800s.

No error

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Explanation:

- In the sentence, "Psychology did not develop into a science based of careful observation and experimentation until the late 1800s," there is an error in the phrase.

- Option 1: Psychology did not develop into a science - is grammatically correct.

- Option 2: based of careful observation - contains an error. The correct phrase should be "based on careful observation." Correct Answer

- Option 3: and experimentation until the late 1800s - is grammatically correct.

- Option 4: No error - is incorrect because there is an error in Option 2.