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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: A sentence is divided into 4 part numbered (1) to (4). Identify the part having an error and mark it as your answer. If no part has an error, mark (5) as your answer.
Explanation
The sentence contains error of double comparative. This can be rectified by replacing 'nothing' by 'anything'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Error of phrasal verb. Replace `not to eat` by `from eating`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Martin Luther King Junior’s magnificent (1) speaking ability (2) enabling him to (3) effectively express demands (4) for social justice for Black Americans. (5) No error
Explanation
Error of sentence construction. Replace ‘enabling him’ by ‘enabled him’.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has been divided into four parts. Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
(1) Some insects bear a remarkable resemblance to dead twigs, (2) being long, (3) slenderness, wingless, and (4) brownish in colour. (5) No error
Explanation
Parallel construction is required - `long … slender … wingless …`
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Error of parallel structure. Then not even apologise.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
Explanation
Error of parallel structure. `Enjoyed…spent`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: Choose the best out of the available options to fill the blank(s).
Modern man is heir to the caveman who made his first fire, flaked the first stone tools and _______ on the flesh of the mammoth.
Explanation
`Made...flaked...lived`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: Choose the best out of the available options to fill the blank(s).
The air inside a house or office building often has higher concentrations of contaminants ______ heavily polluted outside air.
Explanation
`Higher... than`.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Five different ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choose the best alternative among the five.
Not hardly anyone protested when the dictator sentenced the innocent to the gallows.
Explanation
There is an error of usage of double negatives. Thus, 'hardly' and 'not' cannot be used together. Also, when a sentence begins with a negative word, the auxiliary verb (did) comes before the subject (anyone). Only option 5 follows these rules. Thus, option 5 is the answer.
Option 2 is incorrect as it also uses double negatives.
Option 3 is incorrect because it uses incorrect tense forms and uses incorrect verb (have) for the subject (anyone).
Option 4 is incorrect as 'not everyone' might mean different things. It might mean most protested, but not everyone did. However, 'hardly anyone' means most did not protest, barely someone did.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: The part of the sentence that has been underlined may have an error. The part has been rewritten under the answer options (1) to (5). Select the option that is the most coherent and precise representation of the underlined part.
The student advisor recommended that she studies more English before enrolling at the university.
Explanation
This sentence has an error of subjunctives. Replace 'studies' by 'study'. The subjunctive is used after the verb recommend + that and does not change according to person (I, he, she, etc). The structures of the subjunctive is always the same. It does not matter whether the sentence is past or present.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Five different ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choose the best alternative among the five.
The villagers remitted not only a part of their earnings back home, but also took with them the outlook of their places of work.
Explanation
Option 4 corrects the error of parallel construction. 'Not only' and 'but also' are correlative conjunctions and similar grammatical construction is used after them. 'But also' is followed by verb 'took'. So, 'not only' should also be followed by verb 'remitted'. This is only evident in option 4. All other options are incorrect.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Five different ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choose the best alternative among the five.
Having failed to qualify the entrance test thrice, the decision was taken by her not to try again.
Explanation
There is an error of dangling modifier in the sentence. 'Having failed ...' is modifying 'the decision ...' which is incorrect. The decision was not failed, instead 'she' failed the entrance test thrice. Thus, the subject of the sentence must be evident to correct the error. Only options 2 and 3 begin with the pronoun 'she'. However, 'was taken' is ungrammatical. 'She was taken' does not make any sense. Thus, option 2 is correct.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below has an underlined part. The underlined part may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the underlined part). Select the option that best replaces the underlined part.
Among the reasons cited for the city mayor`s decision to abstain from running for re-election were the high cost of electioneering, waning popularity of his party, and desiring to spend more time with his family.
Explanation
Error of parallel structure
“High cost…waning popularity… desire`
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: A part of the sentence is underlined. Five different ways of phrasing the underlined part are given. Choose the best alternative among the five.
The manager delegated to his juniors, who was an effective administrator too, a task commensurate to his strength.
Explanation
The sentence has an error of subject-verb agreement. 'Juniors' is a plural noun, whereas 'was' is a singular verb. Since the 'manager' is a singular subject, we can infer that he was an effective administrator and not the 'juniors'.
Option 3 is incorrect as it implies that the manager is being delegated instead of the task. Option 4 is incorrect as it incorrectly uses multiple tense forms as evident from 'was' and 'is'. Option 5 unnecessarily introduces the preposition 'despite'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Parallelism, Modifier & Miscellaneous
Try yourself:Directions: The sentence below may have an error of grammar or syntax. There are five options that seek to correct the error (including an option that simply repeats the sentence). Select the option that best corrects the sentence.
It is essential that all applications and transcripts are filed no later than July 1.
Explanation
Error of importance. `Essential that … be filed`.
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