Each question is divided into four parts where one of the parts may or may not contain an error. Choose the partthat has the error as your answer. If allthe 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)
Correct Answer :
C
Solution :
The correct option is C.
Explanation:
Let us analyze the sentence step-by-step to identify the grammatical error:
1. Identify the structure: The sentence is divided into four parts:
- (A) "Despite the team's efforts"
- (B) "to find flaws, they couldn't identify"
- (C) "no flaws in the project,"
- (D) "making it a remarkable success."
2. Detect the error: The error lies in the combination of part (B) and part (C). Part (B) contains the negative contraction "couldn't" (could not). Part (C) contains the negative adjective "no". Combined, they form a double negative: "...they couldn't identify no flaws...".
3. Grammatical Rule: In standard English, using two negative words in the same predicate (a double negative) is grammatically incorrect because they negate each other, creating an unintended positive meaning (i.e., they *could* identify flaws).
4. Correction: To fix this error, the negative determiner "no" in part (C) must be replaced with the quantifier "any" to maintain the negative meaning of the sentence.
- Corrected Sentence: "Despite the team's efforts to find flaws, they couldn't identify any flaws in the project, making it a remarkable success."
Therefore, the part containing the error is C.
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