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English grammar error-spotting (compound numeral adjectives: choose the single erroneous segment among A–D; select ‘‘No error’’ only if the sentence is fully correct): ‘‘The customer handed over / a hundred-rupees note / to the shopkeeper. / No error.’

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: a hundred-rupees note

Explanation:


Given data

  • A: ‘‘The customer handed over’’
  • B: ‘‘a hundred-rupees note’’
  • C: ‘‘to the shopkeeper.’’
  • D: ‘‘No error.’’


Concept/Approach
When a number + noun acts as a compound adjective before another noun, the unit stays in the singular form and is hyphenated: ‘‘a hundred-rupee note’’, ‘‘a five-kilometre run’’, ‘‘a ten-year plan’’.


Step-by-step correction
Replace ‘‘rupees’’ with the singular attributive form → ‘‘a hundred-rupee note’’.The rest of the sentence is correct and idiomatic.


Verification/Alternative
If we place the value after the noun, the plural is fine: ‘‘a note of hundred rupees’’ (no hyphen then).


Common pitfalls

  • Writing the unit in plural inside a compound modifier (‘‘hundred-rupees’’).
  • Missing hyphens in stacked modifiers.


Final Answer
a hundred-rupees note

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