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    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    In the wider postmodern literature, (A)/especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, (B)/the term metanarrative continues (C)/to extensively be employed (D).

    A In the wider postmodern literature Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B especially in Anglo-Saxon countries Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C the term metanarrative continues Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D to extensively be employed Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    An Adverb or Adverbial phrase should not be placed between 'to' and verbal part of, the infinitive. So here, ‘to be extensively employed’ is correct. In the wider postmodern literature, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, the term metanarrative continues to be extensively employed.

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