#192 , ANSWERS TO GRAMMAR TEST QUESTIONS FROM 1911 TO 1920

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Multiple Choice Questions Test #192 (QUESTIONS FROM 1911 TO 1920) in English Grammar.
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1911. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The ruling parties, all over the world, while away their elected tenure in intra-party rivalries and squabbles over sharing the power and pelf.

d) No error.
EXPLANATION:

1912. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The politicians and poets have one thing in common: the initial letter 'P'; they preach like angels and live like criminals.

d) Inappropriate use of coordinate conjunction instead of the contextually more meaningful subordinating conjunction 'but'.
EXPLANATION: 'preach like angeles, but live like criminals'.

1913. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The President of US may ignore the recommendations of the Congress, if he finds that such recommendations are not congenial to good governance. Can't he?

d) No error.
EXPLANATION: If the principal verb is in affirmative, the tag question is to be in negative and appropriate auxiliary is 'Can'.

1914. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

I do not think, Obama can be able to win the election in 2008.

b) Tautology 'can' and 'able to'.
EXPLANATION: 'Can win' or 'Obama will be able to win' or 'Obama would be able to win'.

1915. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The Prime Minister congratulated the Chess Maestro on him comfortably annexing the World Chess Crown..

c) Use of third person pronoun in objective case of the third person pronoun instead of possessive case
EXPLANATION: 'his winning' will be in possessive case.

1916. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The Fiat running at its full throttle, can scarcely overtake a BMW running on a diesel engine.

EXPLANATION: 'scarcely can overtake'. 'Scarcely', is a Negative Adverb which causes inversion.

1917. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

God willing, I shall participate in the forthcoming Vintage Car Ralley and bring laurels to my country.

d) No error.
EXPLANATION: Reasonably acceptable dangling participle.

1918. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The polished manners of the Presidential aspirants definitely do contribute to their ability to garner more votes.

b)Tautology in affirmation
EXPLANATION: 'definitely contribute' or 'do contribute'. No need do double affirmation.

1919. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

At that time, he was erecting a power transmission tower in Oregon for the past 6 months .

a)Use of past perfect continuous tense;
EXPLANATION: 'he had been erecting'. Past Perfect Continuous Tense will be more appropriate.

1920. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence:

The Courts do not distinguish between verbal evidence by mouth and documentary evidence as long as there are corroborative circumstances.

a) Not using better phrase'oral evidence'
EXPLANATION: Verbal evidence consists of words, may be oral or written. Oral evidence is through mouth.