Direction: In the following questions, some 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 there is No error, your answer is (4), i.e., No error.
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Solve the question according to given instruction
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- He walks
- as if the earth
- belongs to him
- No error
Correct Option: C
belonged will replace belongs because –
use of as if indicates an imaginary situation or a situation that may not be true but that is likely or possible. The verb after as if is always in the Past Subjunctive as in –
He looks as if he knew the answer.
She walks as if she were a supermodel.
(were is used for all Personal Pronouns)
Hence, belonged to him is the right usage
