Question 110

Choose the erroneous underlined segment or option 'd' if no error.

The corpse (a) had been dead (b) for five days (c)

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A "corpse" refers to a dead body. Thus, saying that it "had been dead" indicates that it was alive at some point, which is incorrect. A corpse is always dead.

Thus, the erroneous section is (b)

Hence, the answer is option B.

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