The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that has a grammatical error.
"His energetic attitude / showed that he had / soundly slept / the previous night."
- Ashowed that he had
- Bsoundly slept
- Cthe previous night.
- DHis energetic attitude
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The error lies in the word order of the segment "soundly slept". In the past perfect tense expression "had slept", the adverb "soundly" should follow the principal verb it modifies.
* Incorrect: ...showed that he had soundly slept...
* Correct: ...showed that he had slept soundly...
* Incorrect: ...showed that he had soundly slept...
* Correct: ...showed that he had slept soundly...