Choose the correct grammatical sentences from the following:
A. He went to Patna by a train.
B. I usually have breakfast at 8.00 am.
C. The Art is for art's sake dictum is not followed these days.
D. The mother loves me more than my father.
E. He went to college to study.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → B and E
(A) He went to Patna by a train. — Incorrect.
- A means of transport after by takes no article: "by train", "by bus", "by air".
- Correct form: He went to Patna by train.
(B) I usually have breakfast at 8.00 am. — Correct.
- An adverb of frequency such as usually comes before the main verb "have".
(C) The Art is for art's sake dictum is not followed these days. — Incorrect.
- The dictum (saying) is "art for art's sake".
- Adding "The" and "is" breaks the name and leaves two verbs in one clause.
- Correct form: The "art for art's sake" dictum is not followed these days.
(D) The mother loves me more than my father. — Incorrect.
- One's own parent is named with a possessive, "My mother".
- The comparison is also unclear (more than my father does, or more than she loves my father).
- Adding "does" gives the first reading.
- Correct form: My mother loves me more than my father does.
(E) He went to college to study. — Correct.
- College, like school or church, takes no article when we speak of its main purpose, studying.