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English grammar error-spotting (article with number + unit; preposition with ‘‘within’’): Identify the erroneous part in the sentence: ‘‘The school is / within hundred yards / from the church. / No error.’’ Consider article use before countable units and the correct preposition collocating with ‘‘within’’ when expressing distance.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: within hundred yards

Explanation:


Given data

  • A: ‘‘The school is’’
  • B: ‘‘within hundred yards’’
  • C: ‘‘from the church.’’
  • D: ‘‘No error.’’


Concept / Approach
Use an article before singular countable units in measure phrases and prefer ‘‘of’’ after ‘‘within’’ when specifying a distance limit.


Step-by-step evaluation
Correct phrasing → ‘‘within a hundred yards of the church’’.Thus, Part B is erroneous: ‘‘within hundred yards’’.


Correction
‘‘The school is within a hundred yards of the church.’’


Common pitfalls

  • Omitting articles in fixed measure phrases.
  • Using ‘‘from’’ where ‘‘of’’ is idiomatic with ‘‘within’’ + distance limit.


Final Answer
within hundred yards

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