COMMON ERRORS
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 your answer. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
- Solve the question according to given instruction
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- The suggestion given by him
- is as bad, if not worst
- than the one suggested by you.
- No error
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Here, Comparative Degree i.e. is bad, if not worse is the right usage
Correct Option: B
Here, Comparative Degree i.e. is bad, if not worse is the right usage
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- Tired I was I had to
- keep on working till
- the wee hours of the morning.
- No error
- Tired I was I had to
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Here, Though I was tired I had to is the right usage. though (Conj.) : despite the fact
Correct Option: A
Here, Though I was tired I had to is the right usage. though (Conj.) : despite the fact
- Solve the question according to given instruction
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- Give your answers
- in your own words
- as far as practical.
- No error
- Give your answers
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Here, as far as practicable is the right usage. practicable (Adjective) : feasible ; workable, likely to be successful.
Correct Option: C
Here, as far as practicable is the right usage. practicable (Adjective) : feasible ; workable, likely to be successful.
- Solve the question according to given instruction
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- Neither of the sisters
- are sensible enough
- to carry out the plan.
- No error
- Neither of the sisters
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Singular Verb can also be used with neither of.
Correct Option: D
Singular Verb can also be used with neither of.
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- It is to certify that he has won
- the essay writing competition organised
- by the Department of Arts and Culture.
- No error
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Here,It is to announce/declare that he has won is the right usage certify : to state officially in writing that something is true.
Correct Option: A
Here,It is to announce/declare that he has won is the right usage certify : to state officially in writing that something is true.