Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
The manager said, "Could you please / confirm me whether you / have received all the items / that you had ordered?"
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is 'confirm me whether you'.
Key Points
- The given sentence is grammatically incorrect.
- Here, 'confirm whether you' should be used instead of 'confirm me whether you'.
- The pronoun 'me' cannot be the direct object of the verb 'confirm' and hence, it must be removed.
- Thus, the correct answer is Option 3.
Correct Sentence: The manager said, "Could you please confirm whether you have received all the items that you had ordered?"
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