Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is an error in any part. No sentence has more than one error. If you feel there is no error in a sentence, signify a 'No error' response. He has (A)/ recovered quite well (B)/ through his illness (C)/ No error (D)
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Understanding Sentence Errors: Recovered Through Illness
Let's break down the sentence provided to identify any potential grammatical errors:
The sentence is: "He has (A)/ recovered quite well (B)/ through his illness (C)/ No error (D)"
Analyzing Each Part of the Sentence
- Part (A): He has
This part contains the subject "He" and the auxiliary verb "has". This is part of the present perfect tense ("has recovered"). The subject-verb agreement is correct for a third-person singular subject. There appears to be no error here. - Part (B): recovered quite well
"Recovered" is the main verb. "quite well" is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb "recovered", describing how he recovered. "Well" is an adverb modifying "recovered", and "quite" is an intensifier modifying "well". This structure is grammatically sound. There appears to be no error here. - Part (C): through his illness
This part is a prepositional phrase. The preposition used is "through". We need to consider if "through" is the correct preposition to use in the context of recovering from an illness. The preposition "through" typically indicates movement from one side or end to the other, or enduring a difficult period. While one might go "through" an illness in the sense of enduring it, the common and correct idiomatic expression when referring to getting better after being sick is "recovered from his illness". The preposition "from" is used to indicate the source or cause from which one is free or detached, which fits the meaning of recovering after an illness.
Identifying the Error
Based on the analysis, the error lies in the use of the preposition "through" in part (C). The correct preposition should be "from".
The corrected sentence would be: "He has recovered quite well from his illness."
Conclusion
The error is located in part (C) of the sentence due to the incorrect preposition.
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).
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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)
