In each question in the following, four alternative sentences are given. Choose the CORRECT one and fill the circle corresponding to that letter in the answer sheet.
Correct answer: B. "I'm staying at a hotel on the Hudson river."
- A. "I'm staying at the hotel on the Hudson river."
- B. "I'm staying at a hotel on the Hudson river."
- C. "I'm staying at a hotel on a Hudson river."
- D. "I'm staying at a hotel on Hudson river."
Explanation
This option uses "a hotel," indicating any hotel among many possible ones on the Hudson River. It correctly uses "the Hudson River" with "the" because it refers to a specific river.Option B is grammatically correct if referring to any hotel along the Hudson River and also correctly uses "the Hudson River."Therefore, options B is correct, depending on the intended meaning:I'm staying at a hotel on the Hudson river.Either can be considered correct depending on whether the speaker is referring to a specific known hotel (option A) or any hotel along the Hudson River (option B).
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