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

Athens was / a most luminous / of all city-states / of ancient Greece.

A

a most luminous

B

of all city-states

C

of ancient Greece

D

Athens was

Solution

error lies in the option A part.

a most luminous should be replaced with the most luminous.

with superlative degree we use article 'the' and not a/an 

so option A is the right answer.