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 the answer. If there is No error, then your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
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at the office will replace in the office because –
at (Prep.) is used with places, inside/outside.
in (Prep.) is also used with places, inside/outside.
Look at the examples given below :
I work at the bank. The money is in the bank.Correct Option: B
at the office will replace in the office because –
at (Prep.) is used with places, inside/outside.
in (Prep.) is also used with places, inside/outside.
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I work at the bank. The money is in the bank.
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may will replace can because –
can is used for saying that somebody knows how to do something/something is possible/somebody has the opportunity to do something.
may is used for saying that something is possible
Look at the examples given below :
It may rain tomorrow.
I can run fast.
The stadium can be emptied in four minutes.
Hence, it may rain is the right usageCorrect Option: B
may will replace can because –
can is used for saying that somebody knows how to do something/something is possible/somebody has the opportunity to do something.
may is used for saying that something is possible
Look at the examples given below :
It may rain tomorrow.
I can run fast.
The stadium can be emptied in four minutes.
Hence, it may rain is the right usage
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appear before the investigation committee will replace appear to the investigation committee
(1) appear before someone (Idiom) : to have a trial or hearing with an official (legal)
(2) appear to someone (Idiom) : to make an appearance before someone
Look at the examples given below :
My late grandmother appeared to me in a dream.
You have to appear before the Judge tomorrow.Correct Option: C
appear before the investigation committee will replace appear to the investigation committee
(1) appear before someone (Idiom) : to have a trial or hearing with an official (legal)
(2) appear to someone (Idiom) : to make an appearance before someone
Look at the examples given below :
My late grandmother appeared to me in a dream.
You have to appear before the Judge tomorrow.
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stars had begun will replace stars was begun because –
When two events happen in the Past, Past Perfect Tense is used for the earlier event that happened in the Past.
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Correct Option: C
stars had begun will replace stars was begun because –
When two events happen in the Past, Past Perfect Tense is used for the earlier event that happened in the Past.
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to will replace than because –
to (Prep.) is used for denoting comparison and with superior, inferior, prior etc.
Look at the examples given below :
This year’s crop is inferior to last year’s.
This book is superior to the others.
Hence, superior to Byron is the right usage.Correct Option: B
to will replace than because –
to (Prep.) is used for denoting comparison and with superior, inferior, prior etc.
Look at the examples given below :
This year’s crop is inferior to last year’s.
This book is superior to the others.
Hence, superior to Byron is the right usage.
