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Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence.
He tried as he could / Naveen did not / succeed in getting / his car to start up.

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Correct Answer: Option A
The phrase He tried as he could is grammatically incorrect.

The correct form should be He tried as hard as he could or He tried his best.

Option B Naveen did not, Option C succeed in getting, and Option D his car to start up are all grammatically correct.

Conclusion: The error is in Option A and should be corrected to He tried as hard as he could.
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村瀬威
村瀬威 2 years ago
Nonetheless is "get" certainly the causative verb, exceptionally followed by an object and an infinitive. So the presented answer is probably incorrect, not displayed in options, "Not error" is a true answer, though.
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