Questions & Answers about В этом слове одна лишняя буква.
Because the preposition в here means in, and after в with this meaning, Russian normally uses the prepositional case.
- dictionary form: слово = word
- prepositional singular: слове = in the word
So:
- слово = word
- в слове = in the word
That is why the sentence begins with В этом слове = In this word.
Because этот (this) must agree with the noun it describes.
The noun слово is:
- neuter
- singular
- here in the prepositional case
So этот changes to the matching form:
- nominative: это слово / этот as base form
- prepositional neuter singular: в этом слове
Agreement is very important in Russian. The demonstrative этот changes for:
- gender
- number
- case
Here everything matches: в этом слове.