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- The test is designed to check your current understanding of the language and whether you are able to use the rules of grammar to identify errors in sentences.
- Directions for individual questionsEach sentence is divided into parts and each part is labeled as an answer option. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and mark that part as the answer. If there is no error, mark that part as your answer
Common Errors: Test-41
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Question 1 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
That store | |
hadn't hardly | |
any of those goods. | |
No error |
Question 1 Explanation:
Omit 'hardly'.
Since ‘any’ is present, ‘hardly’ will be repetitive, hence it should be omitted.
Question 2 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
She claimed to have | |
seen manifestations of dead people | |
in the haunted house. | |
No error |
Question 2 Explanation:
No error
Question 3 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Sunlight entered the room | |
from a chink | |
in the curtains. | |
No error |
Question 3 Explanation:
through a chink
Through generally indicates transit from one end of something to another, so here using ‘through’ will be appropriate.
Question 4 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
The boss had me | |
on the carpet over | |
my expenses claim. | |
No error |
Question 4 Explanation:
my expenses (omit claim)
The phrase ‘on the carpet’ means to be in trouble with someone in authority.
Question 5 |
Identify the error in the sentence given below.
Because of | |
extenuating circumstances | |
the court acquitted him from the crime. | |
No error |
Question 5 Explanation:
the court acquitted him of the crime
The verb ‘acquit’ takes the preposition ‘of’.
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