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Identify the segment of the sentence given below that contains a grammatical error.Young people in Britain eats more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries.

  1. A
    than people of the same age
  2. B
    eats more snacks
  3. C
    in other European countries
  4. D
    Young people in Britain

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The subject of the sentence is "Young people", which is plural. According to the rules of subject-verb agreement, a plural subject takes a plural verb. Therefore, "eats" should be replaced with eat. The error lies in segment 'b'.

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Identify the segment of the sentence given below that contains a grammatical error.Young people in Britain eats more snacks than people of the same age in other European countries.
A
than people of the same age
B
eats more snacks
C
in other European countries
D
Young people in Britain

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