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Option 3 : could caught him

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सही उत्तर could caught him है।

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Question:

The following sentence is divided into three parts. Identify the part containing the error. "The thief ran away / before the police / could caught him."

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The thief ran away
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before the police
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could caught him
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No error

Correct Answer: could caught him

After the modal "could", the base form of the verb is required: "could catch him". The trap is (b): "before the police" looks incomplete to hasty readers, but the clause completes in (c) — the error is purely the verb form after the modal.

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