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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
(a) Owing to me being a new comer/ (b) I was unable/ (c) to get a good house./ (d) No error.
(a)a) Owing to me being a new comer
(b)b) I was unable
(c)c) to get a good house.
(d)d) No error.

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Important Questions on Spotting Errors
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(a) Krishna ran to the / (b) nearing grocery store to / (c) buy biscuits as his parents were expecting guests. / (d) No error

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)
(a) The Railways have made / (b) crossing the tracks / (c) a punished offence. / (d) No error

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(a) The faster he completes / (b) the work given to / (c) him, the largest will be his profit. / (d) No error.

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(a) I am more lonelier/ (b) here than/ (c) I was in the USA./ (d) No error.

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(a) The two sisters shouted/ (b) at one another/ (c) in public./ (d) No error.

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(a) The police arrived and discovered / (b) a large number of hoarded sugar/ (c) in his shop. / (d) No error

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(a) He does not have / (b) some money to buy a new machine so he is / (c) anxious/ (d) No error

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(a) Santosh lives/ (b) by the principals/ (c) he professes./ (d) No error.
