In the following 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. My friend who returned from Florida
B. after a stay of many years there said
C. that the climate of Florida is
D. very much like Madras in summer
Correct Answer :
C. that the climate of Florida is
....of Florida was The sentence is in Indirect Speech (as the reporting verb said indicates) and hence a past tense in the principal clause is followed by a past tense in the subordinate clause.