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Choose the part of the sentence that contains an error:
She resembles with her mother.

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SSC Stenographer 2025 Question Paper (06-Aug-2025) Shift 2
The correct answer is
with her mother

Identifying the Grammar Error in 'She resembles with her mother'

The question asks to find the part of the sentence 'She resembles with her mother' that contains a grammatical mistake.

Understanding the Verb 'Resembles'

The verb 'resembles' is a transitive verb. Transitive verbs are verbs that require a direct object to complete their meaning. They do not need a preposition (like 'with', 'to', 'for', etc.) to connect them to their object.

The structure for using 'resembles' correctly is:

Subject + resembles + Object

Analyzing the Options

  • Option 1: \(mother\) - This is the object of the sentence and is correct in isolation.
  • Option 2: \(with her mother\) - This phrase includes the preposition 'with'. The verb 'resembles' should not be followed by 'with'. The preposition 'with' is incorrectly used here, creating the grammatical error.
  • Option 3: \(She resembles\) - This part correctly identifies the subject ('She') and the verb ('resembles').
  • Option 4: \(No error\) - This is incorrect because there is a clear error in the sentence.

Correct Sentence Structure

The correct way to write the sentence, following the rules for transitive verbs, is:

She resembles her mother.

In this correct version, 'her mother' acts as the direct object of the verb 'resembles' without any intervening preposition.

Conclusion

The error in the original sentence lies specifically in the inclusion of the preposition 'with' between the verb 'resembles' and its object 'her mother'. Therefore, the segment 'with her mother' contains the mistake.

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