The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that has a grammatical or contextual error.
"When he resigned, / the company offered him / a huge sum of money but / he refused to agree to it."
- Athe company offered him
- BWhen he resigned,
- Ca huge sum of money but
- Dhe refused to agree to it.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The error is in segment D ("he refused to agree to it").
One does not "agree" to a sum of money offered; instead, one "accepts" or "declines/refuses" an offer of money. Therefore, the phrase should appropriately be "he refused to accept it" or "he declined it".
One does not "agree" to a sum of money offered; instead, one "accepts" or "declines/refuses" an offer of money. Therefore, the phrase should appropriately be "he refused to accept it" or "he declined it".