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The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an adverbial usage error.
Mr. Sukesh and / his family / ate the / food greedy.

Options

A

ate the

B

Mr. Sukesh and

C

his family

D

food greedy.

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Correct Answer :

Option D

food greedy.

Solution :

The correct option/segment containing the error is: "food greedy."

Step-by-step Explanation:

1. Analyze the sentence structure:
The sentence reads: "Mr. Sukesh and his family ate the food greedy."
Here, "Mr. Sukesh and his family" is the subject, "ate" is the transitive verb, and "the food" is the direct object.

2. Identify the modifier error:
The word "greedy" is an adjective. Adjectives are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns (e.g., "greedy people" or "the family was greedy").
However, in this sentence, the word is intended to describe how they ate (modifying the verb "ate"). To modify a verb, we must use an adverb rather than an adjective.

3. Correcting the adverbial usage:
The adverbial form of the adjective "greedy" is "greedily".
Therefore, the sentence should correctly be written as: "Mr. Sukesh and his family ate the food greedily."

4. Conclusion:
Since the segment "food greedy." incorrectly uses the adjective "greedy" instead of the adverb "greedily", it contains the adverbial usage error.

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