DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error: lf there is no error, mark your answer as ‘No error’.
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Identifying Grammatical Errors in English Sentences
The task is to identify if there is any grammatical error in the given sentence or its parts. The sentence is structured as: "I will help his younger brother provided he mends his ways." Let's analyze each part mentioned in the options to determine correctness.
Analysis of Sentence Components
We need to examine the grammar and usage of each segment:
Part 1: Examining 'I will help his younger brother'
This segment forms the main clause of the sentence. It is grammatically correct. 'I' is the subject, 'will help' correctly indicates the future tense, and 'his younger brother' serves as the direct object. There are no subject-verb agreement issues or tense inconsistencies.
Part 2: Examining 'provided he'
The word 'provided' is used here as a conjunction, meaning 'on the condition that'. It correctly introduces a conditional clause. 'he' is the appropriate subject pronoun for the clause that follows. This part is grammatically sound and connects the main clause to the condition logically.
Part 3: Examining 'mends his ways.'
This segment forms the predicate of the conditional clause. The verb 'mends' is in the simple present tense, which correctly agrees with the third-person singular subject 'he'. The phrase 'mends his ways' is a common idiom meaning to improve one's behavior or correct faults. Its usage here is accurate.
Conclusion on Sentence Correctness
After a thorough analysis of each part:
- The main clause ("I will help his younger brother") is grammatically correct.
- The conditional conjunction ("provided he") is used correctly.
- The subordinate clause ("mends his ways.") demonstrates proper verb-subject agreement and idiomatic usage.
Since all components of the sentence are grammatically accurate and the sentence as a whole is coherent and meaningful, there is no error present in the given sentence.
Important Questions from Error Spotting
Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c) Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response in 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).
A honest mistake (a) / is no more than that; (b) / just an honest mistake. (c) / No error (d)Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c) Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in 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).
A company of five thousand soldiers , (a) / having marched tirelessly for over five days , (b) / have just moved into their cantonment . (c) / No error (d)Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c) Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response in 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).
Every person who believes in principles (a) / must stand up to fight (b) / for their convictions . (c) / No error (d)Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c) Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in 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 Olympic Games reflects(a) / the highest spirit of (b) / human endeavour and achievement . (c) / No error (d)Direction: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c) Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response in 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 principal of the school (a) / stressed the need for discipline (b) / amongst the students. (c) / No error (d)
