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Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is No error.

  1. Let us vie to one another in doing good.
    1. to one another
    2. Let us vie
    3. in doing good.
    4. No error
Correct Option: A

It is preposition related error. (1) vie (Verb) : to compete. vie agrees with – with (Prep.) → vie (with somebody) for (Prep.) → vie (for something) to (Prep.) → vie (to do something) Look at the emamples given below : She was surrounded by men all vying for her attention. There is a row of restaurants vying with each other for business. Screaming fans vied to get closer to their idol. Hence, with each other/one another is the right usage.



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