COMMON ERRORS


Direction: In the following questions, some 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 your answer. Your answer is (4) i.e., No error.

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    than will replace when because –
    No sooner – than is the correct Correlative.
    No sooner introduces the event that occurred first.
    Look at the examples given below :

    Correct Option: B

    than will replace when because –
    No sooner – than is the correct Correlative.
    No sooner introduces the event that occurred first.
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    All will replace Everyone of because –
    Everyone (Pro.) is used for every person or all people but All (Det.) is used with Plural Nouns and refers to the whole number of
    The Verb (are) is also in Plural and a Subject agrees with the Verb used.
    Look at the examples given below :

    Correct Option: A

    All will replace Everyone of because –
    Everyone (Pro.) is used for every person or all people but All (Det.) is used with Plural Nouns and refers to the whole number of
    The Verb (are) is also in Plural and a Subject agrees with the Verb used.
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    at will replace upon because –
    shout at : to say something in a loud voice
    Look at the examples given below :
    She shouted at him for spilling the milk.
    He shouted at her to shut the gate.
    Hence, shout at the minister is the right usage

    Correct Option: B

    at will replace upon because –
    shout at : to say something in a loud voice
    Look at the examples given below :
    She shouted at him for spilling the milk.
    He shouted at her to shut the gate.
    Hence, shout at the minister is the right usage


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    is will replace are because –
    The Verb of a sentence always agrees with the Subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.
    Here, knowledge is the Subject of the sentence, two languages is the Object of of (Prep.)
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    Correct Option: C

    is will replace are because –
    The Verb of a sentence always agrees with the Subject of the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.
    Here, knowledge is the Subject of the sentence, two languages is the Object of of (Prep.)
    Look at the examples given below :



Direction: In the following questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If there is No error, your answer is (4).

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    had will replace has because –
    The use of as if, indicates an unreal situation in the present. So, it will be followed by Past Conditional Tense.
    Look at the examples given below :
    He looks as if he knew the answer. (He gives the impression that he knows the answer, but he (probably doesn’t know it.)
    He behaves as if nothing had happened.
    Hence, she pretends as if she had is the right usage

    Correct Option: A

    had will replace has because –
    The use of as if, indicates an unreal situation in the present. So, it will be followed by Past Conditional Tense.
    Look at the examples given below :
    He looks as if he knew the answer. (He gives the impression that he knows the answer, but he (probably doesn’t know it.)
    He behaves as if nothing had happened.
    Hence, she pretends as if she had is the right usage