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CLARIFICATIONSome friends asked me: "Why are you calling for identification of the nature of error, instead of seeking the reader to correct the sentence? What is required, is applied grammar and not pedantic theoretical jargon!"
Reply: To trace errors in a sentence, a person should know what to search for! If he uses the terminology of grammar, rarely will he miss the target. If any discussion becomes necessary when the error is committed by some other person, the person tracing the error should be able to convince the other person with reasoning. Using grammatical terminology helps in carrying out logical work methods in grammar check.
1921. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
There is little hope of his survival, as doctors say that he may not recover.
a)Inappropriate adjective 'little'.
EXPLANATION: 'A little'. (Little means almost nothing. A little means, there is something, albeit in small quantity.)
1922. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
Breakfast over, we went on a sight-seeing tour of the City, without delay.
d) No error.
EXPLANATION: In strict sense, there is an error of 'dangling participle'. However, as ambiguous meaning does not result, this type of construction has become acceptable.
1923. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The entry of French colonialists into North-West Africa, is a fatal event in Algerian History.
c) Erroneous adjective 'fatal'.
EXPLANATION: The word 'fatal' refers to 'death'.
1924. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
Many train services on the route will have to be suspended, if the torrential rains continue for want of fuel.
c) Inappropriate word order of adverbal phrase complement d) No error.
EXPLANATION: 'suspended for want of fuel'. The adverb is to be as near to the noun it modifies, as possible.
1925. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The opposition leaders made apposite remarks against the vicissitudes of the British Foreign Policy of the last month.
d) No error.
EXPLANATION: 'Apposite' is the appropriate adjective in the context.
1926. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The soldiers of the first legion have borne the brunt of the invasion by the Chinese Armed Forces in 1958, amidst hostile climatic conditions.
a) Inappropriate present perfect tense instead of simple past tense
EXPLANATION: 'bore the brunt'. Simple past tense will be appropriate because, time of the event(1958), has been given.
1927. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The Prime Minister is so tongue-tied, he could not repel the wild accusations made by the Opposition in the Parliament.
a) Omission of the subordinating conjunction 'that'.
EXPLANATION: The word 'that' acts as a relative pronoun and conjunction in pair with 'so'.
1928. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The reason that our inflation rate fell, is because our Central Bank had kept the lending rates low.
c) Use of tautology in 'reason is' and 'because'.
EXPLANATION: Wordiness.
1929. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
I die that France may live.
d) No error.
EXPLANATION: The conjunction 'that' serves the meaning of 'in order that'.
1930. Identify the type of grammatical error in the following sentence.
The party is too eager to join the United Front, only it has no representation in Parliament.
a) Use of only in the meaning of 'but' error.
EXPLANATION:
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