English » Spotting Errors

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

She persisted / to doing / what she wanted / despite opposition.

A

despite opposition

B

She persisted

C

to doing

D

what she wanted

Solution

the error lies in the option C, 

persisted to doing should be replaced with persisted in doing

this is fixed preposition used with persist.

hence option C is the correct answer.