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Question : In the sentence, identify the segment that contains the grammatical error.
Thomas could not prevent his son to go to his friend’s house before completing his homework.

Option 1: Thomas could not

Option 2: to his friend’s house before

Option 3: prevent his son to go

Option 4: completing his homework


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Correct Answer: prevent his son to go


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The verb "prevent" is usually followed by the preposition "from" when indicating that an action is being stopped or hindered. In this case, the correct form is "prevent his son from going to his friend’s house before completing his homework".

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