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Each question is divided into four parts where one of the parts may or may not contain an error. Choose the part that has the error as your answer. If all the parts are correct choose “No Error”.


Despite the team's efforts (A)/ to find flaws, they couldn't identify (B)/ no flaws in the project, (C)/ making it a remarkable success. (D)

Options

A

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

No error

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Correct Answer :

Option C

C

Solution :

To identify the part of the sentence containing an error, let us analyze the structure and grammar of the given sentence:

"Despite the team's efforts (A)/ to find flaws, they couldn't identify (B)/ no flaws in the project, (C)/ making it a remarkable success. (D)"

Let's examine each part step-by-step:
1. Part (A) "Despite the team's efforts": This phrase is grammatically correct. "Despite" is a preposition correctly used to show contrast, followed by a noun phrase.
2. Part (B) "to find flaws, they couldn't identify": The infinitive phrase "to find flaws" correctly modifies "efforts". The main clause starts with "they couldn't identify", which is also correct. Note that "couldn't" is a contraction of "could not", which is already a negative statement.
3. Part (C) "no flaws in the project,": This part contains a grammatical error. The verb in part (B) is "couldn't" (could not), which is negative. Combining a negative verb ("couldn't") with a negative object pronoun/adjective ("no flaws") creates a double negative ("couldn't... no"). In standard English, a double negative is incorrect because it cancels itself out, making the meaning positive. To correct this, the negative word "no" should be replaced with the positive/non-assertive determiner "any". The corrected phrase should be "any flaws in the project".
4. Part (D) "making it a remarkable success.": This participle clause is grammatically correct and logically concludes the sentence.

Therefore, the error lies in part (C) due to the use of a double negative.

Hence, the correct option representing the part with the error is C.

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