Important Spotting Errors For Set – 29

1. She insists (a) / you stay (b) / until her husband (c) / comes home? (d) / no error (e)

a) She insists

b) you stay

c) until her husband

d) comes home?

e) No Error

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a) She insists

(a) As it is a question. It should begin with ‘Does she insist that’.

2. I asked the salesman (a) / if I could exchange (b) / the faulty camera (c) / with another one (d) / no error (e)

a) I asked the salesman

b) if I could exchange

c) the faulty camera

d) with another one

e) No Error

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d) with another one

d) ‘For’ should replace ‘with’ in this sentence. It would also be better to replace ‘one’ with ‘camera’ to avoid the impression that one faulty camera is to be exchanged for another faulty camera.

3. As you know (a) / by my visiting card (b) / I am now (c) / in Mumbai (d) / no error (e)

a) As you know

b) by my visiting card

c) I am now

d) in Mumbai

e) No Error

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b) by my visiting card

The wrong preposition is used. It should be ‘from’ in place of ‘by’

4. It is more better (a) / if one of the parents (b) / stays at home (c) / to look after the children (d) / no error (e)

a) It is more better

b) if one of the parents

c) stays at home

d) to look after the children

e) No Error

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a) It is more better

More better’ is a wrong usage as two comparatives are used. Simply ‘better’ will do.

5. I don’t understand (a) / how she could (b) / treat him (c) / so bad (d) / no error (e)

a) I don’t understand

b) how she could

c) treat him

d) so bad

e) No Error

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d) so bad

It should be ‘badly’ (adv.) and not ‘bad’ (adj.) Though in present-day colloquial usage, ‘bad’ is increasingly used as both adjective and adverb, this is grammatically incorrect.

6. It took me (a) / almost a hour (b) / to fill the (c) / application form (d) / no error (e)

a) It took me

b) almost a hour

c) to fill the

d) application form

e) No Error

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b) almost a hour

b) ‘Hour’ should be preceded by ‘an’ as ‘hour’ is pronounced with a vowel sound.

7. I answered (a) / the questions (b) / as best as (c) / I could (d) / no error (e)

a) I answered

b) the questions

c) as best as

d) I could

e) No error

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e) No error

8. These reports have (a) / deterred some (b) / women to have (c) / the operation (d) / no error (e)

a) These reports have

b) deterred some

c) women to have

d) the operation

e) No Error

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c) women to have

(c) One is deterred ‘from’ doing something. It should be ‘from having’ in place of ‘to have’.

9. At my arrival (a) / in Delhi, (b) / I went straight (c) / to the nearest hospital (d) / no error (e)

a) At my arrival

b) in Delhi

c) I went straight

d) to the nearest hospital

e) No Error

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a) At my arrival

(a) ‘On my arrival’ is the correct form.

10. With a fresh coat (a) / of paint, (b) / the school can (c) / look much nice (d) / no error (e)

a) With a fresh coat

b) of paint

c) the school can

d) look much nice

e) No Error

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d) look much nice

(d) To convey the comparative sense of ‘better than it is’ we need to use ‘more nice’ or ‘much nicer’ not ‘much nice’ or we could just simply leave out ‘much’.