The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The burning of / fossil fuels is / causing pollution / in recent time.

Explanation

The erroneous part is option 2) i.e. ' in recent time .' Key Points The error lies in the part' in recent time.' According to the rules of nouns 'time' is an uncountable noun and it is singular in form. Here in the given sentence, the mishap of pollution caused due to burning of fossil fuel but, we don't know the definite number of time. Therefore we have to use the plural of 'time' which is 'times.' In the given sentence we need to use ' in recent times' in place of ' in recent time ' to make the sentence grammatically correct. Hence, the correct answer is option 2. Correct sentence:The burning of fossil fuels is causing pollution in recent times.