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Choose the best replacement for 'picked up a quarrel' in the sentence: 'Maria unnecessarilypicked upa quarrel with Rani and left the party hurried'.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the problematic phrase: 'picked up a quarrel'. Step 2: Identify the grammatical error or incorrect usage. The idiomatic expression is 'to pick a quarrel', meaning to intentionally start an argument. 'Pick up a quarrel' is not the correct idiom. Step 3: The correct idiomatic verb is 'picked'. Step 4: Evaluate the given options. 'picked' correctly forms the idiom 'picked a quarrel'. Step 5: The correct option is 'picked'.
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Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'the five-member committee were of the view that the present service conditions of the employees of this company are quite good.'
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Solution: Step 1: The sentence begins with 'the five-member committee were'. Step 2: 'Committee' is a collective noun. When a collective noun refers to the group acting as a single, undivided unit, it takes a singular verb. Here, the committee is 'of the view' (a single view), indicating it acts as one. Step 3: Therefore, 'the five-member committee were' should be corrected to 'The five-member committee was'. Additionally, the start of a sentence requires capitalization for 'The'. Step 4: The corrected phrase is 'The five-member committee was'.
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Determine if the underlined phrase 'the best of the performers' needs correction in the sentence: 'They have a scheme of rewardingthe best of the performersevery year.'
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Solution: Step 1: Examine the phrase 'the best of the performers'. Step 2: 'The best' is the correct superlative form, used when selecting an outstanding individual or item from a group. Step 3: 'Of the performers' correctly indicates the plural group from which 'the best' is being chosen. Step 4: The entire phrase is grammatically sound and appropriate in the given context. Step 5: Therefore, 'No correction required'.
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Correct the underlined phrase 'to make enemies' for grammatical parallelism in the sentence: 'Making friends is more rewarding thanto make enemies.'
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Solution: Step 1: Identify the comparative structure: 'Making friends is more rewarding than X'. Step 2: Recall the principle of parallelism, which dictates that elements in a comparison or list should have the same grammatical form. Step 3: The first element, 'Making friends', uses a gerund phrase. Step 4: Therefore, the second element 'X' should also be a gerund phrase. 'To make enemies' (an infinitive phrase) breaks this parallelism. Step 5: The correct parallel form is 'making enemies'. Step 6: So, 'making enemies' is the correct replacement.
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Find the grammatical error in the following sentence.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the subject 'Twice twelve' and its verb 'makes'. Step 2: When expressing mathematical operations, particularly multiplication or addition of distinct numbers, the plural form of the verb is typically used in formal grammar. Step 3: For example, 'Two and two make four' or 'Six times three are eighteen'. Step 4: 'Twice twelve' (2 x 12) results in 24, and the verb should reflect the plural nature of the operation or the components creating the sum. Step 5: Therefore, the verb should be 'make' (plural) instead of 'makes' (singular). Step 6: The error is in the word 'makes'.
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Identify the best replacement for 'asking him to rush his village immediately' in the sentence: 'He has received no other message than an urgent telegramasking him to rush his villageimmediately'.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the problematic phrase: 'asking him to rush his village immediately'. Step 2: Identify the grammatical error. When a verb of motion like 'rush' is followed by a destination, it typically requires the preposition 'to'. Simply saying 'rush his village' is ungrammatical; one rushes *to* a place. Step 3: The correct usage is 'rush to [a place]'. Step 4: Evaluate the given options. 'asking him to rush to his village' correctly adds the necessary preposition 'to'. Step 5: The correct option is 'asking him to rush to his village'.
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Choose the best phrase to replace 'that they did' in the sentence: 'He confidentially asked the crowd if they thought he was right and the crowd shoutedthat they did'.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the phrase: 'that they did'. Step 2: Identify if there's any grammatical error. 'Did' functions as a substitute for the verb phrase 'thought he was right' to avoid repetition. The pronoun 'they' correctly refers to 'the crowd'. Step 3: The usage of 'did' as a substitute verb is grammatically sound in this context. Step 4: Since the original phrase is correct, no correction is required. Step 5: The correct option is 'No correction required'.
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Correct the grammatical error concerning the compound noun phrase in the sentence.
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Solution: Step 1: Read the sentence: "In these days of inflation, a ten rupee's note will not buy you even an ordinary meal." Step 2: Identify the phrase "a ten rupee's note." Step 3: Here, "ten rupee" functions as a compound adjective modifying the noun "note." When a number and a unit form a compound adjective, the unit (e.g., 'rupee', 'dollar', 'minute') is typically singular and does not take an apostrophe 's'. Step 4: For example, it should be "a five-dollar bill" or "a two-minute break," not "a five dollar's bill." Step 5: Therefore, "a ten rupee's note" is incorrect. It should be "a ten-rupee note" or "a ten rupee note." Step 6: The error is in the segment "a ten rupee's note will not buy you."
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Identify the grammatically incorrect phrase in the given sentence.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the phrase 'between my brother and myself'. Step 2: 'Between' is a preposition. Step 3: Pronouns that follow prepositions must always be in the objective case. Step 4: 'Myself' is a reflexive pronoun; the objective case for the first-person singular pronoun is 'me'. Step 5: Therefore, the correct phrase should be 'between my brother and me'. Step 6: The error is in the phrase 'that the dispute on this issue is between my brother and myself,'.
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Select the most appropriate replacement for 'were deferred into the next meeting' in the sentence: 'As there was no time, the remaining itemswere deferred intothe next meeting'.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the problematic phrase: 'were deferred into the next meeting'. Step 2: Identify the grammatical error. The verb 'defer' (meaning to postpone or put off) is typically followed by prepositions like 'to' or 'till/until' when referring to a time or event. 'Into' is incorrect. Step 3: 'Deferred till' or 'deferred to' are the correct usages. 'Till' emphasizes the time aspect (until the next meeting). Step 4: Evaluate the given options. 'were deferred till' is a correct and common phrasing. Step 5: The correct option is 'were deferred till'.
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Evaluate if the phrase 'you to clearly understand' in the sentence 'I wantyou to clearly understandthat excuses won't do' requires any modification.
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Solution: Step 1: Examine the underlined phrase 'you to clearly understand'. Step 2: This phrase contains a 'split infinitive' ('to understand' is split by the adverb 'clearly'). Historically, some grammarians considered split infinitives incorrect. Step 3: However, in modern English, split infinitives are widely accepted, especially when the adverb (like 'clearly') most effectively and unambiguously modifies the verb ('understand') in that position. Step 4: The sentence as it stands is clear, natural-sounding, and grammatically acceptable in contemporary English usage, with 'clearly' modifying 'understand' directly. Step 5: Hence, no improvement is needed for the given phrase.
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Identify the part of the given sentence that contains an error in grammar or word usage, or select 'All correct' if there is no error.
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Solution: Step 1: Examine the sentence 'The non-availability of unprocessed natural resources in a country should not be the basic for rejecting that possibility of export industry.' part by part. Step 2: Analyze the phrase 'basic for rejecting that possibility of export industry'. Step 3: The word 'basic' is an adjective, but in this context, a noun is required to function as the foundation for rejecting the possibility. The correct word is 'basis'. Step 4: Therefore, the segment 'basicfor rejecting that possibility ofexportindustry' contains the error.
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Select the appropriate correction for the phrase 'for tolerating' in the sentence: 'He is too importantfor toleratingany delay.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the original sentence: 'He is too important for tolerating any delay.' Step 2: Identify the grammatical construction. The sentence uses the 'too... to' structure, which expresses excessiveness. This structure typically requires an infinitive verb (to + base form) after 'too...'. Step 3: The phrase 'for tolerating' is incorrect in this context; it should be 'to tolerate'. Step 4: Evaluate the options. 'to tolerate' correctly completes the 'too... to' construction. Step 5: The corrected sentence reads: 'He is too important to tolerate any delay.' This is grammatically sound and follows the standard English construction.
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Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence: 'My friend was in hospital for a week ______ an accident.'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the context: The sentence describes an event (hospitalization) that occurred after and as a result of another event (an accident). Step 2: Evaluate the provided options for the blank. * 'through' implies enduring or surviving, not necessarily a direct temporal/causal follow-up. * 'following' means 'after' or 'as a result of', which perfectly fits the relationship between the accident and the hospitalization. * 'for' indicates duration (e.g., 'for a week'), but 'for an accident' as a cause is incorrect. * 'No improvement' would suggest the original 'afteran' (likely a typo for 'after an') is the best, but 'following' offers a more precise or formal alternative in this context. Step 3: 'following' is the most suitable word to indicate that the hospitalization occurred subsequent to or as a consequence of the accident.
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Locate the grammatical error in the given sentence.
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Solution: Step 1: Review the phrase 'in bad mood'. Step 2: The correct idiomatic expression used to describe someone's emotional state is 'in a bad mood' or 'in a good mood'. Step 3: An indefinite article 'a' is required before the adjective 'bad' and the noun 'mood' in this common idiom. Step 4: Therefore, the phrase 'in bad mood' is grammatically incorrect. Step 5: The error is in the phrase 'in bad mood'.
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Find the correct phrase to replace 'appreciating the method adopted by him' in the sentence: 'He admired the speed with which he completed the work andappreciating the method adoptedby him'.
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the problematic phrase: 'and appreciating the method adopted by him'. Step 2: Identify the grammatical error. The sentence uses the coordinating conjunction 'and' to connect two clauses or verb phrases. For proper parallelism, the structure after 'and' should match the structure before it. 'Admired' is a past tense verb. Step 3: To maintain parallelism, 'appreciating' (a present participle) should be changed to a past tense verb 'appreciated'. Step 4: Evaluate the given options. 'appreciated the method adopted' correctly applies the rule of parallelism. Step 5: The correct option is 'appreciated the method adopted'.
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Determine if any correction is needed for the phrase 'inventions of this century' in the sentence: "This is one of the most important inventions of this century."
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Solution: Step 1: Examine the structure 'one of the most important inventions'. Step 2: Recall the grammatical rule that when using the phrase 'one of the', the noun that follows must be in its plural form. Step 3: In the given sentence, 'inventions' is correctly in the plural form. Step 4: The superlative adjective 'most important' is also used correctly. Step 5: The prepositional phrase 'of this century' is grammatically sound. Step 6: Since all components are correctly used according to standard English grammar, no correction is required for the sentence.
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Identify the segment with a grammatical error in the given sentence.
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Solution: Step 1: Read the sentence: "Most of the members at the meeting felt that the group appointed for investigating the case were not competent to do the job efficiently." Step 2: Identify the subject of the verb "were not competent." The subject is "the group." Step 3: "Group" is a collective noun. When a collective noun refers to the group acting as a single, cohesive unit, it takes a singular verb. Step 4: In this sentence, "the group" is being judged as a single entity regarding its overall competence, not its individual members. Step 5: Therefore, the singular verb "was" should be used instead of the plural verb "were." Step 6: The error is in the segment "were not competent to do the job efficiently."
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Replace the underlined part 'were delight' with the grammatically correct option in the sentence: 'The moment they saw me, theywere delight'
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Solution: Step 1: Analyze the phrase 'they were delight'. Step 2: Recognize that 'delight' is a noun or a base form verb. It cannot directly follow 'were' to describe a past emotional state of the subject. Step 3: To express that someone experienced delight, the past participle form 'delighted' is used as an adjective (e.g., 'they were delighted') or as part of a passive construction. Step 4: Therefore, 'were delighted' is the correct and idiomatic expression for their emotional state.
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Identify the grammatical error in the sentence: 'Pass on the salt please, do you?'
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Solution: Step 1: The sentence ends with the tag question 'do you?' after an imperative sentence 'Pass on the salt please'. Step 2: For imperative sentences (commands or requests), the common tag questions are 'will you?' or 'would you?'. 'Do you?' is generally used for statements in the simple present tense. Step 3: Therefore, 'do you?' should be corrected to 'will you?'. Step 4: The correct phrase is 'will you?'.
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