COMMON ERRORS
Direction: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and the number of that part is your answer. If a sentence is free from errors, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
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administrative will replace administration because –
an Adj. qualifies a Noun and administrative is
an Adj. qualifying ability (Noun).
Hence, a good sense of design and administrative ability is the right usageCorrect Option: B
administrative will replace administration because –
an Adj. qualifies a Noun and administrative is
an Adj. qualifying ability (Noun).
Hence, a good sense of design and administrative ability is the right usage
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has will replace have because –
The increasing mechanisation of life is a Singular Subject and it agrees with Singular Verb.
Hence, has led us farther away from daily contact with nature and is the right usageCorrect Option: B
has will replace have because –
The increasing mechanisation of life is a Singular Subject and it agrees with Singular Verb.
Hence, has led us farther away from daily contact with nature and is the right usage
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tolerable will replace tolerably because –
an Adj. qualifies a Noun and tolerable is an Adj. and tolerably is an Adv.
peal (Noun) : a loud sound or series of sounds
monotonous (Adj.) : never changing and therefore boring
jangle (Noun) : a hard noise like that of a metal hitting metal.
mitigated (Verb) : to make something less harmful, serious, etc.
Hence, tolerable only when mitigated by remote distance and sentimental association is the right usage.Correct Option: C
tolerable will replace tolerably because –
an Adj. qualifies a Noun and tolerable is an Adj. and tolerably is an Adv.
peal (Noun) : a loud sound or series of sounds
monotonous (Adj.) : never changing and therefore boring
jangle (Noun) : a hard noise like that of a metal hitting metal.
mitigated (Verb) : to make something less harmful, serious, etc.
Hence, tolerable only when mitigated by remote distance and sentimental association is the right usage.
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but will replace than because –
else is used with but, except, and besides
Look at the examples given below :
She has nothing else to do but to grumble.
No one else but Sunil saw the accident.
Hence, but pride is the right usageCorrect Option: C
but will replace than because –
else is used with but, except, and besides
Look at the examples given below :
She has nothing else to do but to grumble.
No one else but Sunil saw the accident.
Hence, but pride is the right usage
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than will be used after the class room because –
No sooner ___ than indicates that the second event occurs immediately after the first.
no sooner introduces the event that occurs first.
Look at the examples given below :
No sooner did I come to the office, than the phone rang.
No sooner had he gone out, than he came in.Correct Option: B
than will be used after the class room because –
No sooner ___ than indicates that the second event occurs immediately after the first.
no sooner introduces the event that occurs first.
Look at the examples given below :
No sooner did I come to the office, than the phone rang.
No sooner had he gone out, than he came in.