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In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c, and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.(A) The speaker gave a lucid exposition of(B) the butterfly, its evolution(C) its growth, its varieties(D) and how it is used to eat

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In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked a. b, c, and d. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.(A) The speaker gave a lucid exposition of(B) the butterfly, its evolution(C) its growth, its varieties(D) and how it is used to eat

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The part of the sentence that contains a mistake is (D) "and how it is used to eat". The correct phrase should be "and what it eats" or "and how it eats". The current phrase implies that the butterfly is used by something else for eating, which is incorrect.

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