In each of the questions given below, four sentences have been given. One out of four sentences may or may not contain an error. Find out which of the following sentence has an error. If all the sentences are error-free then choose ‘ All are correct’ as your answer choice.
Correct Answer :
Cactus spines are produced from specialize structures called areoles.
Solution :
Correct Answer: Cactus spines are produced from specialize structures called areoles.
Explanation:
Let's analyze each sentence to identify the error:
1. "People’s buying habits do not invariably correspond to their income level."
This sentence is grammatically correct. "People's" correctly uses the possessive form, and the verb agreement ("do not correspond") is correct.
2. "As children, we used to laugh hundreds of times a day."
This sentence is grammatically correct. The past habit is correctly expressed using "used to laugh".
3. "Corruption is a struggle that a common man or woman encounters every day."
This sentence is grammatically correct. The singular subject "a common man or woman" takes the singular verb "encounters".
4. "Cactus spines are produced from specialize structures called areoles."
This sentence contains a grammatical error. The word "specialize" is a verb, but it is being used to modify the noun "structures". An adjective or past participle form should be used here instead of the base verb.
The correct form should be "specialized" (past participle functioning as an adjective).
Corrected Sentence: "Cactus spines are produced from specialized structures called areoles."
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