COMMON ERRORS
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.
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Speaker after speaker will replace Speakers after speakers.
When a word is repeated it is always used in Singular.
Look at the example given below :
Day after day has passed and he has not come as yet.Correct Option: A
Speaker after speaker will replace Speakers after speakers.
When a word is repeated it is always used in Singular.
Look at the example given below :
Day after day has passed and he has not come as yet.
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would have got will replace will get
The sentence format is as follows :
Correct Option: C
would have got will replace will get
The sentence format is as follows :
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for will replace since because –
for (Prep.) is used as—for + Period (duration/of/time)
since (Prep.) is used as — since + point (precise moment in time)
for means from the beginning of the period to the end of the period as in – for 20 minutes
since means from a point in the past until now as in – since morning
Hence, for four hours is the right usage.Correct Option: C
for will replace since because –
for (Prep.) is used as—for + Period (duration/of/time)
since (Prep.) is used as — since + point (precise moment in time)
for means from the beginning of the period to the end of the period as in – for 20 minutes
since means from a point in the past until now as in – since morning
Hence, for four hours is the right usage.
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to is not used with told.
The format when told is used is as follows :
told + person + what was said
told (Past Tense of tell) means said to
Hence, The teacher told will replace The teacher told toCorrect Option: A
to is not used with told.
The format when told is used is as follows :
told + person + what was said
told (Past Tense of tell) means said to
Hence, The teacher told will replace The teacher told to
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.
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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. ( )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. ( )
