Which sentence contains an error in word usage?
A) Janice spent most of the afternoon at the mechanic's shop getting her brakes fixed.
B) Much to his mother's relief, the break in David's arm wasn't as serious as it could have been.
C) This year during spring break, my family and I are going to hike part of the Appalachian Trail.
D) We might need to put the breaks on our project since our teacher has just changed the rubric again.

Question

Which sentence contains an error in word usage?
A) Janice spent most of the afternoon at the mechanic's shop getting her brakes fixed. 
B) Much to his mother's relief, the break in David's arm wasn't as serious as it could have been. 
C) This year during spring break, my family and I are going to hike part of the Appalachian Trail. 
D) We might need to put the breaks on our project since our teacher has just changed the rubric again.

Shadow · Answer

What do you think the answer is?

drbaby2001 · Answer

@Shadow b??

Shadow · Answer

Hmm, did you look at D?

drbaby2001 · Answer

@Shadow  no? i mean i did but

Shadow · Answer

The homonyms break and brake are being used in these sentences. We are looking for a sentence which has used the wrong homonym.

Shadow · Answer

Homonyms are just words that sound the same but are spelled differently. And they also have different meanings.

Shadow · Answer

That is what we are looking for, someone used the wrong word. Yet they sound the same.

Shadow · Answer

Janice is getting her “brakes” fixed. That makes sense.

David got a “break” in his arm. That makes sense as well.

Spring “break” also makes sense.

But putting the “breaks” on the project?