Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A. What would you like for desert?

B. Joshua could give no good reason for his absence.

C. Evelyn was not familiar with the procedure.

D. Every autumn we visit a quaint inn near Boston.

Question

Which one of the following sentences contains a spelling error?

A. What would you like for desert?

B. Joshua could give no good reason for his absence.

C. Evelyn was not familiar with the procedure.

D. Every autumn we visit a quaint inn near Boston.

anonymous · Answer

A. What would you like for desert?

The mistake is that it has one 's' instead of two. A desert is a dry region of land, but the sentence is referring to a dessert, which is a sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.