Question
Download Solution PDFIdentify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
'He wants something done, / and it has not happen / fast enough,' he said.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option (4).Key Points
- The erroneous segment is “and it has not happen”.
- This segment is in the present perfect tense. Rule (Subject + have/has +V3)
- ‘happen’ is the base form(V1) of verb. The past participle(V3) form of the verb is ‘happened’.
- Hence, it should be written as “and it has not happened”.
- For example: He has completed his task.
Therefore, the correct sentence is “He wants something done, and it has not happened fast enough,” he said.
Additional Information
- The phrase "something done" is a way of expressing that a task or action needs to be completed without specifying the exact task.
- It's a general term used when someone wants a particular action to be taken care of, but they may not provide all the details about what that action is.
Confusion Points
- It is a direct speech.
- It is not necessary to change the tense which is under quotation.
- If we change it into indirect, we have to change it into past tense.
- In this context, no need to change it.
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