Important Spotting Errors Set – 42

1. There is no question (a) / of my failing (b) / in the examination (c) / No error (d)

a) There is no question

b) of my failing

c) in the examination

d) No Error

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d) No Error

2. As he was a destitute (a) / I admitted him (b) / to an old people’s home (c) / No error (d)

a) As he was a destitute

b) I admitted him

c) to an old people’s home

d) No Error

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b) I admitted him

The part should read ‘I got him admitted’

3. May I (a) / know who you want (b) / to see please (c) / No error (d)

a) May I

b) know who you want

c) to see please

d) No Error

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b) know who you want ‘

Whom’, which is in the objective case, should replace ‘who’ which is in the subjective case. ‘Whom’ is the object of the verb here (want to see ‘whom’?)

4. Last summer, he went (a) / to his uncle’s village (b) / and enjoyed very much (c) / No error (d)

a) Last summer, he went

b) to his uncle’s village

c) and enjoyed very much

d) No Error

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c) and enjoyed very much

The verb ‘enjoyed’ needs an object. Here we need to put ‘himself’ after the verb ‘enjoyed’

5. If I were him, (a) / I would have taught (b) / those cheats a lesson. (c) / No error (d)

a) If I were him

b) I would have taught

c) those cheats a lesson.

d) No Error

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a) If I were him

The first part of the sentence is incorrect; it should be ‘If I had been him’ as we are referring to a past action-one that has been completed

6. He could not plan his strategy (a) / until he knew (b) / whom his opponents could be (c) / No error (d)

a) He could not plan his strategy

b) until he knew

c) whom his opponents could be

d) No Error

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c) whom his opponents could be

‘Who’ is correct and not ‘whom’. Who refers to the subject (the persons who were the opponents).

7. Being a very (a) / hot day, I (b) / remained indoors (c) / No error (d)

a) Being a very

b) hot day, I

c) remained indoors

d) No Error

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a) Being a very

‘Being’ should be replaced by ‘As it was’. When we use participial phrase, the noun which it governs must be placed next to it. ‘Being a hot day’ seems to lack a noun modify, as it cannot refer to ‘I’. It is case of a dangling modifier. So the sentence construction is wrong. We can also write (a) as ‘It being a very hot day’.

8. In spite of the doctor’s stern warning (a) / he continued taking (b) / sugar in his tea (c) / No error (d)

a) In spite of the doctor’s stern warning

b) he continued taking

c) sugar in his tea

d) No Error

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d) No Error

9. Mr. Sunil Pawar, our representative (a) / he will attend the meeting (b) / on our behalf (c) / No error (d)

a) Mr. Sunil Pawar, our representative

b) he will attend the meeting

c) on our behalf

d) No Error

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b) he will attend the meeting The ‘he’ in the second part of the sentence is not needed as the subject­- Mr Sunil Pawar-is already mentioned.

10. It is not difficult to believe that a man (a) / who has lived in this city for a long time (b) / he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world. (c) /No error (d)

a) It is not difficult to believe that a man

b) who has lived in this city for a long time

c) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world.

d) No Error

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c) he will never feel at home anywhere else in the world. ‘He’ in the third part of the sentence should be deleted. ‘A man’ is the subject, so there is no need to add ‘he’ later.

 

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