English grammar error-spotting (‘‘too … to’’ construction; intensifier usage): Read the sentence and pick the erroneous segment only if present; otherwise choose ‘‘No error’’: ‘‘He is / too intelligent / to make a mistake. / No error.’

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Grammar check The idiom ‘‘too + adjective + to + verb’’ can mean ‘‘so … that not’’; here it conveys ‘‘so intelligent that he does not make mistakes’’. The construction is acceptable and idiomatic. Common pitfalls Assuming ‘‘too … to’’ is always ungr…

English grammar error-spotting (‘‘too … to’’ construction; intensifier usage): Read the sentence and pick the erroneous segment only if present; otherwise choose ‘‘No error’’: ‘‘He is / too intelligent / to make a mistake. / No error.’

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