Direction: Spot the error: I found this bangle while digging in the backyard. I don’t know who it belonged to.
Question and options
Direction: Spot the error:
I found this bangle while digging in the backyard. I don’t know who it belonged to.
I found this bangle while digging in the backyard. I don’t know who it belonged to.
- I found
- while digging in
- in the backyard
- Who it belonged to
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - Who it belonged to
The pronoun is the object of 'to', so formally it should be 'whom it belonged to' (or 'to whom it belonged'); the error is in 'who it belonged to'.
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