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1991. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
How long you will take to complete this work?
c) Non-inversion of interrogative adverb.
EXPLANATION: After inversion, the phrase will look like: "How long will you take".
1992. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The constable reached at the station after the train had left.
a)Superflous preposition suffixed to the verb.
EXPLANATION: 'reached the station'. Some verbs such as reach do not need prepositions to be affixed between the verb and the adverb.
1993. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The fort of Windsor is a place of historic importance.
a)Incorrect form of attributive adjective.
Explanation: 'historical importance'. Both historic and historical are attributive adjectives. 'Historic' = Creating history. 'Historical' = pertaining to history.
1994. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
It is also necessary that every voter must vote in the election.
c)Inappropriate auxiliary.
Explanation: 'every voter should vote'. 'That' after the adjective 'necessary' should be followed by 'should'.
1995. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
A Member of Parliament neither has executive powers nor judicial powers.
b)Incorrect word order of correlative conjunction.
Explanation: 'neither executive powers' 'nor judicial powers'. Neither and nor are to be close to the nouns they modify.
1996. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Every Citizen in Cape Town is having a car.
b)Incorrect progressive for the stative verb.
Explanation: Verbs such as have, belong to, resemble do not have progressive tense forms. These are called 'stative verbs'.
1997. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Though blind, the boy can be able to recite Bible.
b)Superflous structure of the verb.
Explanation: 'can' instead of 'can be able to'. Can=able to. 'Able to' becomes superfluous.
1998. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The College will not employ an aged stupid person like me.
c)Inappropriate word order of adjectives.
Explanation: 'stupid aged person'. Order of adjectives: General-age-color.
1999. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
The United States is more better than Canada in matters of immigration.
b)Superfluous adjective in degrees of comparison.
Explanation: The word 'better' itself is in comparative degree. 'More' becomes redundant.
2000. Identify the nature of grammatical error in the following sentence:
Who is the tennis-player who won the 2004 Olympics Gold Medal?
d)No error.
Explanation: The construction is awkward. Yet, grammatically, the sentence looks correct. I invite readers' views.
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