Identify the error in the sentence: "My the book is new."

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A Remove 'the'
B Change 'My' to 'A'
C Change 'book' to 'books'
D Change 'new' to 'news'

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Answer: A. Remove 'the'

You cannot use a possessive determiner ("my") and a definite article ("the") together before the same noun. It should be "My book is new."

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Identify the error in the sentence: "My the book is new."

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