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ENGLISH USAGE MCQs
In the following, there are sentences or parts of sentences labeled A, B, C, D etc. . . Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an error. Ignore punctuation errors if any.
A. In a sense we are being pushed back
B. to a 1984-like scenario
C. when scare-mongering
D. became the base for vote-gathering.
E. No error
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D
D carries the incorrect idiom ‘base for vote-gathering’. It should be corrected to basis for vote-gathering’.
option D
In the following, there are sentences or parts of sentences labeled A, B, C, D etc. . . Choose for your answer the fragment that carries an error. Ignore punctuation errors if any.
A. Mao knew that communism in its classical form
B. will not gel into agrarian Chinese society.
C. Hence he redefined Marxism so that it would be
D. in sync with local needs and
E. practiced it in a way that suited China.
:
B
will not gel into is non standard and has no meaning. gel or jell as a verb means to solidify or set. Gel/jell with is generally used colloquially. In formal text it is an error. The second error is in the tense ‘will not’ should be changed to ‘would not’.
option B
:
C
Option: (c)
‘The student’s conduct’ should be replaced by ‘his conduct’.
:
C
Option: (c)
The same pronoun should be used throughout the sentence. In (c) it should be ‘one should choose’.
:
D
Option: (d)
Part discuss about man/woman, so in (d) it should be his/her [singular pronoun] in place of ‘their’.
:
D
Option: (d)
‘Assure’ being an intransitive verb should be followed by an object, so in place of ‘assure’ correct usage shall be ‘be sure of a successful cure’.
:
C
Option: (c)
In this part, ‘who’ is used for police which is an incorrect usage, in place of it shall be ‘whom they believe to be ……’.
:
A
Option: (a)
No other option discusses their links with Soviets.
:
A
Option: (a)
No other choice discusses involvement of welfare aid by which people are taken care of.
:
A
Option: (a)
The phrase given is an answer to the question of the author.