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.
- She gave me details of all the schools she had visited while she was on an official tour.
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the (Def. Art.) will be used before details detail (Countable N.) : a small individual fact/item, Here, details refers to specific information Hence, She gave me the details ofis the right usage.
Correct Option: C
the (Def. Art.) will be used before details detail (Countable N.) : a small individual fact/item, Here, details refers to specific information Hence, She gave me the details ofis the right usage.
- What make people angry or tense is actually a mystery which is difficult to explain.
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When What is the Sub. of a clause, it takes a Singular Verb. Hence, what makes people angry is the right usage.
Correct Option: B
When What is the Sub. of a clause, it takes a Singular Verb. Hence, what makes people angry is the right usage.
- A person who sticks to one thing inspite of initial difficulties is sure to succeed in the end.
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No error
Correct Option: D
No error
- Reading is no longer popular among the youthful of today. As the influence of the internet has taken over a very important and active hobby.
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youth (Uncountable N.) :the condition/quality of being young youths (N.) → Plural the youth (Plural) : young people considered as a group Look at these expressions : the nation’s youth the youth of today youthful energy Hence, among the youth of today is the right usage
Correct Option: A
youth (Uncountable N.) :the condition/quality of being young youths (N.) → Plural the youth (Plural) : young people considered as a group Look at these expressions : the nation’s youth the youth of today youthful energy Hence, among the youth of today is the right usage
- My cousin cannot understand why his teacher says that the earth move round the sun.
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Simple Present Tense is used infants, generalizations and universal truths. as in — the earth moves around the sun. In Indirect Speech, the tense remains unchanged. Hence, moves round the are the right usage.
Correct Option: D
Simple Present Tense is used infants, generalizations and universal truths. as in — the earth moves around the sun. In Indirect Speech, the tense remains unchanged. Hence, moves round the are the right usage.
