In the following sentence, find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option: "The patient died / despite he had received / the best medical help / from the hospital staff."
The patient died
despite he had received
the best medical help
from the hospital staff.

Question

In the following sentence, find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option: "The patient died / despite he had received / the best medical help / from the hospital staff."

The patient died

despite he had received

the best medical help

from the hospital staff.

Option 1: The patient died

Option 2: despite he had received

Option 3: the best medical help

Option 4: from the hospital staff.

AfterBoards · Accepted Answer

The part of the sentence with an error is despite he had received (Option 2). The sentence contains a conjunction error. "Despite" is a preposition, not a conjunction, so it cannot be followed directly by a clause with a subject and verb.

The sentence structure issue: - "Despite" is a preposition that requires a noun phrase or gerund following it - Here it's incorrectly followed by a complete clause "he had received"

Three ways to correct this error: 1. Replace "despite" with the conjunction "although": "although he had received" 2. Keep "despite" but add "the fact that": "despite the fact that he had received" 3. Change to "despite having received"

The other parts of the sentence are grammatically correct: - "The patient died" - simple past tense - "the best medical help" - noun phrase - "from the hospital staff" - prepositional phrase

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 2.

In the following sentence, find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option: "The patient died / despite he had received / the best medical help / from the hospital staff."

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