Question

What is the problem in this sentence? Ruth was parched, and she thirsty drank all the remaining water in the canteen

Answer 1

Ruth was parched, so she drank all of the remaining water in the canteen.

Ruth was parched, and drank all of the remaining water in the canteen.

Either of these should be fine

Answer 2

Answer:

The problem in the sentence is the following one:

"Thirsty", which is an adjective, should be changed to "thirstily", which is an adverb of manner.

Explanation:

The sentence would look like this:

Ruth was parched, and she thirstily drank all the remaining water in the canteen.

Since Ruth was parched, she drank all the remaining water in the canteen in a thirsty way, that is, thirstily.

The adjective "thirsty" became the adverb of manner "thirstily" with the addition of the suffix "ly". Since "thirsty" ends in letter "y", preceded by a consonant ("t"), "y" should be replaced with "i", and only then the suffix can be added.