Question

    The following sentence has been split into four

    segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. An eight years old girl has made this beautiful painting.
    A made this Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B An eight years old Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C girl has Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D beautiful painting Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    When using "years old" as an adjective, it should be "eight-year-old" (without the plural form "years"). Corrected Sentence: An eight-year-old girl has made this beautiful painting.

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