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English grammar error-spotting (prepositions with days; article with ‘‘Board meeting’’): Choose the erroneous segment; pick ‘‘No error’’ only if all parts are correct: ‘‘Will you be / at Board meeting / on next Wednesday? / No error.’

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: on next Wednesday?

Explanation:


Given data

  • C uses ‘‘on next Wednesday’’.


Concept / Approach
With deictic modifiers like ‘‘next/last/this’’ before a day, drop the preposition ‘‘on’’: ‘‘next Wednesday’’, not ‘‘on next Wednesday’’. (Also, in formal style add the article to B: ‘‘at the Board meeting’’.)


Correction
‘‘Will you be at the Board meeting next Wednesday?’’


Common pitfalls

  • Keeping ‘‘on’’ before ‘‘next/last/this’’ with days.
  • Omitting ‘‘the’’ before a specific meeting name/title (stylistic improvement).


Final Answer
on next Wednesday?

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