The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The recently hike / in the price of petroleum products / will hit / household budgets severely.
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The recently hike / in the price of petroleum products / will hit / household budgets severely.
The recently hike
The recently hike
will hit
will hit
household budgets severely
household budgets severely
in the price of petroleum products
in the price of petroleum products
Correct Answer:
The recently hike
The recently hike
the error lies in the part A
recently hike should be replaced by recent hike.
recent- something happened just now (adjective)
recently- something happened just now (adverb)
hike is a noun and to qualify this we need an adjective and not a verb
so recent hike is the correct phrase.
