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1981. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Adam asked Eve where was she going in haste.
c)Unnecessary inversion of interrogative adverb, which was used as conjunction.
EXPLANATION: 'where she was going'. There is no need of inversion of verb, where an interrogative adverb is used as conjunction, particularly in reporting speech.
1982. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
A ferocious lion is resembled by the leader.
c) Use of passive voice for a verb which does not allow a construction of passive voice.
EXPLANATION: Verbs like 'resemble', though transitive, do not allow a construction of passive voice.
1983. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
It is time Sachin Tendulkar retires from Cricket.
b)Incorrect use of present tense instead of past tense.
EXPLANATION: 'Tendulkar retired'. Idiomatic usage of sentences beginning with 'It is time' needs a customary use of verb in passive voice.
1984. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
She likes him because he was handsome and communicative.
b) Incorrect sequence of tenses.
EXPLANTION: The agreement of the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause has to correspond to the tense of the reporting verb. This sentence in its present state gives a distorted meaning that he is no longer handsome and communicative (he was handsome and communicative only in the past).
1985. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Seldom Crusoe left his cave without closing its doors.
a)Omission of inverted form of verb.
EXPLANATION'Seldom Crusoe did leave his cave'. The idiomatic use of the word 'Seldom' needs use of an inverted form.
1986. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
I want you buy your ticket and travel.
a) Omission of infinitive b)Omission of imperative c)Omission of the time adverb 'then' d) No error.
EXPLANATION: 'to buy'. Infinitive 'to+verb' is needed.
1987. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Yourself committed the offense.
b)Use of reflective pronoun as subject.
EXPLANATION: 'You, yourself, committed'. Reflective pronouns themselves cannot be used as subjects.
1988. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
It was me who averted him from getting addicted to alcohol.
a)Improper objective case for the first person pronoun used as subject.
EXPLANATION: 'I' instead of 'me'.
1989. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Sita saw a golden deer in the forest. Its lustrous gold-colored spots bewitched her.
d) No error.
1990. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Lebanon has seen many crisis.
b)Incorrect number of object.
EXPLANATION: 'many crises' or 'many-a-crisis'. Attributive adjective should have a number appropriate to the noun it modifies.
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