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 usage

    Correct 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 usage

    Correct 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 usage

    Correct 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.