Spot the error.It must have taken him more(A) than sixty years(B) to do it, since the first(C) he came by that strange ambition(D) of his.
Correct answer: C. since the first
- A. more
- B. sixty years
- C. since the first
- D. strange ambition
Explanation
The phrase "since the first" is incomplete - it should be "since the first time he came by that strange ambition" or simply "since he first came by that strange ambition."
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