Question

if any of the underlined segments has an error, select the answer option that identifies the error. if no segments have an error, select
o error.\

the doctor i saw yesterday, dr. rodriguez, is a specialist in internal medicine.

doctor
dr. rodriguez
internal medicine
no error

Explanation:

Analyze the underlined segments for grammatical errors

• "doctor": The common noun "doctor" is correctly lowercase here because it is preceded by the definite article "The" and is not used as a direct title before a name in this position.
• "Dr. Rodriguez": This appositive is correctly capitalized as a proper noun/title and properly set off by commas.
• "internal medicine": The name of a general field of medicine is a common noun phrase and is correctly lowercase.

Evaluate overall sentence structure

• Sentence: "The doctor I saw yesterday, Dr. Rodriguez, is a specialist in internal medicine."
• All components are grammatically correct, properly punctuated, and capitalized.

Answer:

• doctor
• Dr. Rodriguez
• internal medicine
• No error (Correct answer)