Question

Identify the error in the given sentence she said that she has a car beside a bike

Answer 1

she said that she have a car beside a bike

Answer 2

The error is in 'beside a bike'.

The right answer is 'besides a bike'.

About spotting error:

• In the question given, we must find out the error in it and also correct it.
• When we are given a sentence to spot the mistake, we must check if there is agreement among the parts of speech in it.
• Especially, the agreement between subject and verb must be looked into. Then we should check whether the tense is retained properly.
• Further we have to check if the prepositions are rightly used.
• In the given sentence there is no error in the subject-verb agreement and tense used. But there is a mistake in the preposition used.
• Prepositions are words that relate the position of noun with the rest of the sentence. They tell about the posture of it.
• The word 'beside' means that something is next to some other thing. So it talks about the physical place.
• But 'besides' means 'apart from' or 'also'.
• In the given sentence, they say that she has a car and a bike. So the right preposition is 'besides'.
• Therefore the answer is: She said that she has a car besides a bike