Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d). The murder was (a)/ too abominable (b)/ to described. (c)/ No error (d)
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Error Identification in Sentence: "Too Abominable to Described"
This question requires identifying a grammatical error in the sentence: "The murder was (a)/ too abominable (b)/ to described. (c)/ No error (d)". We need to carefully examine each underlined part to find the mistake.
Understanding the "Too... To" Structure
A common English grammar structure is "too + adjective + to + verb". This structure indicates that the degree of the adjective is so high that the action represented by the verb cannot be performed.
For example:
- The coffee is too hot to drink. (The coffee is so hot that one cannot drink it.)
- She was too tired to walk further. (She was so tired that she could not walk further.)
Crucially, the verb following "to" in this structure must be in its base infinitive form (e.g., 'drink', 'walk', 'describe'), not in the past participle form (e.g., 'drank', 'walked', 'described') or other forms.
Analyzing the Sentence Parts
Let's break down the sentence:
- Part (a): "The murder was" - This part is grammatically correct and sets the subject and verb.
- Part (b): "too abominable" - This correctly uses the adverb "too" to modify the adjective "abominable". "Abominable" means causing disgust or hatred, fitting the context.
- Part (c): "to described" - This part contains the error. Following the structure "too abominable to...", the verb should be in the base infinitive form. The word used here is "described", which is the past participle. The correct form should be the base infinitive "describe".
- Part (d): "No error" - Since an error exists in part (c), this option is incorrect.
Identifying the Grammatical Error
The error lies in the use of the past participle "described" instead of the base infinitive "describe". The sentence intends to say that the murder was so abominable that it could not be described (or was beyond description).
The Corrected Sentence
Applying the rule, the corrected sentence should read:
"The murder was too abominable to describe."
Conclusion
The grammatical error is present in the underlined part (c). Therefore, the correct option indicating the location of the error is (c).
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