Common Error Detection - Study Mode

[#296] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Do the roses in your garden smell / more sweetly / than those in ours?
Correct Answer

(B) more sweetly

Explanation

Solution: sweeter

[#297] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Block of Residential flats / are coming up / near our house.
Correct Answer

(A) Block of Residential flats

Explanation

Solution: Blocks of Residential flats

[#298] Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. You can get / all the information that you want / in this book.
Correct Answer

(B) all the information that you want

Explanation

Solution: all the information you want

[#299] Ramu is the elected leader / and also a person / who we all / can confide in.
Correct Answer

(C) who we all

Explanation

Solution: The phrase "who we all can confide in" contains a grammatical error in the use of the relative pronoun. Here, "who" is incorrectly used as the object of the verb "confide in." Since it functions as an object, the correct relative pronoun should be "whom" . So the correct sentence should be: "Ramu is the elected leader and also a person whom we all can confide in." "Whom" is used when referring to the object of a verb or preposition, whereas "who" is used as a subject. Hence, the error lies in Option C .

[#300] The gambling stall / was a grand success / because almost everyone / tried their luck.
Correct Answer

(D) tired their luck

Explanation

Solution: Substitute, their → his/her EVERYONE is a singular subject and must, therefore, be followed by singular pronoun.