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Direction: In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. 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, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

  1. Solve the question according to given instruction
    1. Being a rainy day
    2. we didn't
    3. go out.
    4. No error
Correct Option: A

It being a rainy day will replace Being a rainy day.
This is an error related to Unattached Subject/Participle.
Participles are used in absolute phrases with a Noun/ Pronoun going before them.
A Participle is a Verb – Adj. It should be related to a proper Subject of reference.
Look at the examples given below :
Driving down the road, a leopard leapt out in front of me. (×)
This sentence means that it was the leopard which was driving down the road.
As I was driving down the road, a leopard leapt out in front of me. ( )



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