ENGLISH LANGUAGE-SPOTTING ERRORS FOR BANK PO/CLERK EXAMS(PART2)

Spotting Errors

Here we are sharing second part of  "English language:"spotting error" for bank exams". Before reading this make sure that you already read ENGLISH LANGUAGE:"SPOTTING ERRORS" FOR BANK EXAMS(PART1). Some common errors occur in the use of Adjectives and Adverbs are explained here.

Adjectives,Adverbs,Adverbial order-Some important rules.

Rule1.The comparative adjectives like ‘inferior’,’superior’,’prior’,’posterior’,’preferable’ etc. are followed by ‘to’

Examples:

1.Death is preferable to dishonor.

2.He is senior to me in service by five years.

Rule2:when two persons or things are compared with each other, the latter term of comparison must exclude the former by the use ‘other’.

Example:

1.He is more intelligent than any other student of the class.

2.No other leader in the country is as popular as Jawaharlal Nehru.

Rule3:’Less’ refers quantity only, whereas ‘fewer’ denotes number.

Example:

1.No fewer than fifty persons were killed in the attack.

2.We do not sell less than one quintal of wheat.

Rule4:Use of ‘Little’, ‘a little’ and ‘the little’.

Little-it  has a negative meaning and means ‘hardly any’

a little-it has a positive meaning and means ‘some’, though not much.

The little- means ‘not much’, but all that is.

Example:

1.He has liitle knowledge of politics( means practically no knowledge).

2.There was a little milk left in the pot.(some, though not much).

3.He sold the little gold he got from his mother.(not much, but all that is).

Rule5:When two persons or things are compared , it is important to see that comparison is between them only.

Incorrect:The population of Mumbai is greater than Delhi.

Correct:The population of Mumbai is greater than that of Delhi.

Incorrect:Shelley’s poems are more lyrical than Byron.

Correct: Shelley’s poems are more lyrical than that of Byron’s.

Rule6:Adjectives should not be used instead of adverbs

Example:

Incorrect:He retuned quicker than I expected.

Correct:He returned quickly than I expected

Practice Questions for "English language Spotting Error".

1.Though the first portion/ of the book was dull,but / the later part was/ quite interesting.

Ans:Subtitute ‘but’ by ‘yet’ or delete ‘but’. ’ Though is always followed by ‘yet’ or simply comma.

2.Everyone agrees/ that Rahul is wiser than/all the members/ of the family.

Ans:Put ‘other’ after ‘all’.Refer  Rule2.

3.Watch /how careful /the sparrow knits /the straws into one another to form a nest.

Ans:Change ‘careful’ to ‘carefully’ to make it an adverb.

4.Like the commission has recommended/ in its / report the rules need to be enforced more strictly.

Ans:Replace ‘like’  by ‘as’.

5.Although he/ only earns eight hundred rupees a month,/ he manages to support /his family adequately.

Ans:Change the position of ‘only’. Put it before ‘eight hundred rupees’. As a general rule ‘only’ or ‘even’ should be placed immediately before the word it is intended to qualify.

6.After toiling very hard/ over a long period/ he found/ he had hardly made no profit at all.

Ans:Change ‘no’ to ‘any’ .’Hardly’ is a negative word and hence should not be followed a negative word.

7. It seems evidently/ to me that the visits they /made to the island /were not very frequent.

Ans: Change ‘evidently’ to ‘evident’ to make it adjective.

8.I had/ gone/ to Calcutta/ to deliver few good.

Ans: Add ‘a’ before few to make it positive.

9.He got to the top/ and was very disappointed / when he found that someone else/had reached it earlier.

Ans:Replace ‘very’ by ‘much’. Past participle is normally preceded by ‘much’ as present participle is normally preceded by ‘very’.

10. The students should / do their lessons regular/ from beginning /of the term.

Ans: Change ‘regular’ to regularly to make it adverb of manner.

11.It is always easy / to talk about a /thing than to do /it ourselves.

Ans: Change ‘easy’ to ‘easier’ to make it a comparative degree.

12.I often gave/ him money and/ I gave /him few yesterday.

Ans: Replace ‘few’ by ‘some’. ’Few’ denotes number and ‘some’ denotes a quantity or an amount.

13. My all hopes /were dashed to the ground/ when I came to know /that my son had fallen in bad company.

Ans:Put ‘all’ before ‘my’.   ‘ my all’ is a faulty expression. Rectify it as ‘all my’.

14.  We seldom /or ever see / those happy/ who are selfish.

Ans:Replace ‘ever’ by ‘never’. ‘Seldom’ is a negative word and it must be  paired with a negative word.

15.Two first /chapters of this/ book are /very interesting.

Ans:Replace ‘two first’ by ‘first two’.

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