Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
I wanted to play tennis / but my parents / prevented me to join / the school team.
Option 1: but my parents
Option 2: prevented me to join
Option 3: the school team
Option 4: I wanted to play tennis
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Correct Answer: prevented me to join
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
- Here, we would replace "prevented me to join" with "prevented me from joining" to correct the sentence.
- The verb "prevent" is always followed by the preposition "from + v1+ing form of the verb" and not "to".
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "I wanted to play tennis, but my parents prevented me from joining the school team."
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