The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Neil had completed / all eight grades of western music / by the time / he were 17 years old.
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Neil had completed / all eight grades of western music / by the time / he were 17 years old.
- (अ)1. Neil had completed
- (ब)2. he were 17 years old✓ योग्य उत्तर
- (क)3. all eight grades of western music
- (ड)4. by the time
स्पष्टीकरण
या वाक्यात 'he were 17 years old' हा भाग चुकीचा आहे कारण Subject-Verb Agreement (कर्ता-क्रियापद सुसंगती) चा नियम मोडला आहे. इंग्रजी व्याकरणात 'he', 'she', 'it' या Third Person Singular कर्त्यांसोबत Past Tense मध्ये नेहमी 'was' वापरले जाते, 'were' नाही. 'were' हे Plural Subjects (we, they, you) सोबत किंवा Subjunctive Mood मध्ये (उदा. If I were you) वापरले जाते. इथे 'he' हा Singular कर्ता असल्यामुळे योग्य वाक्य 'he was 17 years old' असे व्हायला हवे होते. तसेच वाक्यातील पहिला भाग 'Neil had completed' हा Past Perfect Tense मध्ये असून तो पुढील घटनेच्या (17 वर्षांचा होण्याच्या) आधी घडलेली क्रिया दाखवतो, जे व्याकरणदृष्ट्या बरोबर आहे. त्यामुळे संपूर्ण वाक्यातील एकमेव चूक 'he were 17 years old' या भागात आहे.