English » Spotting Errors
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
We stayed / in Jim’s flat / during he was / on holiday.
on holiday
in Jim’s flat
We stayed
during he was
the above sentence is incorrect, we need to use when in place of during.
explanation:
the correct construction is when + a phrase
eg: we stayed in Jim's flat when he was on holiday
and during + a noun
eg: we stayed in Jim's flat during holiday.