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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Spot Error

Question:

Identify the grammatically incorrect sentences:

(A) Being a very hot day, I remained in my tent.
(B) The fog being very dense, nothing could be seen.
(C) The rain came pouring down in torrents.
(D) Lessons learned easily are soon forgotten.
(E) Having obtained information, he was arrested.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (E) Only

(A), (B), (C) Only

(B), (C) Only

(C), (D), (E) Only

Correct Answer:

(A), (B), (E) Only

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B), (E) Only

The grammatically incorrect sentences are (A), (B) and (E)

  • (A) Being a very hot day, I remained in my tent. This is a dangling participle. The participle "being" doesn't logically modify "I." It should modify the implied subject of the main clause, which should also be the subject of the participial phrase. A correct version would be: It being a very hot day, I remained in my tent. or As it was a very hot day, I remained in my tent.

  • (B) The fog being very dense, nothing could be seen. This also uses a dangling participle. The participle "being" doesn't modify "nothing." A correct version would be: The fog being very dense, no one could see anything. or As the fog was very dense, nothing could be seen.

(E) "Having obtained information, he was arrested."

  • Error: Misplaced modifier
  • Correction: "Having obtained information, the police arrested him."
  • Reason: The sentence incorrectly suggests that he obtained the information and then got arrested, whereas the intended meaning is that the police arrested him after obtaining information.

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