Choose the sentences that contain an error:
(A) We got all the informations about the admission from the school website.
(B) A number of mango trees in our orchard have started flowering.
(C) My grandfather is fond about old Hindi film songs.
(D) Neither of the two shops was open on Sunday.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
(A) We got all the informations about the admission from the school website. — Incorrect.
- “Information” cannot be counted, so it has no plural form with “s”.
- Correct form: We got all the information about the admission from the school website.
(B) A number of mango trees in our orchard have started flowering. — Correct.
- “A number of” means “many”, so it takes a plural verb.
- So “a number of mango trees have” is right.
(C) My grandfather is fond about old Hindi film songs. — Incorrect.
- The word “fond” is always followed by “of”.
- Correct form: My grandfather is fond of old Hindi film songs.
(D) Neither of the two shops was open on Sunday. — Correct.
- “Neither of” means not this one and not that one, so it takes a singular verb.
- So “neither of the two shops was” is right.