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    Question

    The soldiers, who had (A)/so lately been employed in

    (B)/interring their victims, were now (C)/called at to bury their own dead (D). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical/contextual error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark тАШNo errorтАЩ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A The soldiers, who had Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B so lately been employed in Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C interring their victims, were now Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D called at to bury their own dead Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The phrasal verb тАШcall atтАЩ means тАШStop somewhere brieflyтАЩ. This is incorrect here. The correct phrasal verb is тАШcall onтАЩ, which means тАШto ask someone to do somethingтАЩ. The soldiers, who had so lately been employed in interring their victims, were now called on to bury their own dead.

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