Spotting Error Topic- Pronoun Part-I

#everydayquiz #spotting Error #pronoun-1

rule of 321 and 123 .
321 for normal talks
123 for some bad situation.

You, he and I shall study for the exam.

I, you and he have made a blunder.




but when pronoun are is in plural that time , 123
We, You and they should now get down to work.


There is no problem between she and I.

Let, like, between, but, except ,and after prepositions  we must use objective case..means her, me, us..

so here 
right will be
There is no problem between her and me
 He laughed at Ihere at is a preposition so use objective case.
so he laughed at me.

Everyone attended the party except heEveryone attended the party except HIM

He is as fast as me.

WHEN WE ARE COMPARING TWO NOMINATIVE WITH AS/THAN THEN WE USE PRONOUN OF THAT NOMINATIVE CASE.
 OS HERE ACCORDING TO HE,>> WE NEED TO REPLACE ME WITH I,,


He is as fast as I

IT IS I WHO AM TO BLAME.
NO ERROR
IF SENTENCE STARTS WITH IT AND THEN THERE IS "BE" FORM MEANS IS/WAS/HAS THEN WE MUST NOMINATIVE CASE PRONOUN


Ours school was closed for four days
possessive pronoun is not used before noun.
so use our school.
 
I prefer your help to hers no error in this sentence .


Your separation is very painful to meseparation from you

Separation, leave, excuse, mention, report, pardon, sight, favour with these words using of possessive case is wrong.
At his sight the robbers fled. at the sight of him

I need your favour, please. 
 I need favour of/from you, please.

She did make mention of youno error

The bear had a ring around it's nose. The bear had a ring around its nose.
They enjoyed the party.after enjoy if there is object then we don't use reflexive pronoun


They enjoyed during vacation.if there is no object then we must use reflexive pronoun,,
so use themselves after enjoy.


1. The officers acquitted themselves well during the crisis.2. She has reconciled herself to the demands of her in-laws.3. The students exert themselves a lot at the time of examination.4. You will have to apply yourself to this task whole-heartedly.5. I pride myself on being able to work smoothly under pressure too.
6. You should avail yourself of this opportunity.
 
all are correct..

You should keep yourself away from bad boys.remove YOURSELF

Keep, stop, turn, qualify, bathe, move, rest hide   WE DON'T USE REFLEXIVE PRONOUN WITH THESE WORDS.
He hid himself in the roomRemove HIMSELF

Either of these three friends is naughty.

FOR TWO WE USE EITHER OR MORE THAN TWO WE USE ONE OR ANY..
SO ANY OF THESE..


Neither of his four sons looked after him
FOR TWO WE USE NEITHER OR MORE THAN TWO WE USE NONE .
SO NONE

After the farewell, the students of class XII bade each other goodbye

FOR TWO PERSON WE USE EACH OTHER AND FOR MORE THAN TWO WE USE ONE ANOTHER.

I don't know who are you.
I DONT KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

This is the flyover whose inauguration was done by the transport minister
WE DONT USE WHOSE  for non living this , we use which for non living things.
This is the flyover the inauguration of which was done by the transport ministe


as well as’, ‘with’, ‘alongwith’, ‘together with’, ‘and not’, ‘In addition to’, ‘but’, ‘besides’, ‘except’, ‘rather than’, ‘accompanied by’, ‘like’, ‘unlike’, ‘no less than’, ‘nothing but’ with these words we use verb according to first subeject...


 either-or, neither-nor, not only-but also, none-but >> with these words,, we use verb according to nearest subject..

‘each, every, neither, either, anyone>> we will use third person singular..

Jury, army, fleet, crew> act as one then singular pronoun or verb,,, if they have differnces then we use plural pronoun or verb

The secretary and treasurer is negligent of their duty.
his duty is right here,,,
if two singulAR Noun joined with AND then and one of them have article a an the then we must use singular pronoun.


The secretary and the treasurer did not do his work.
if two singulAR Noun joined with AND then and each of them has article A,AN, THE then we must use singular pronoun.
SO here use THEIR 

Every soldier and every sailor was in their place

if there are two singular and they are joined with AND , other than this if they both have EVERY or EACH with them,, then we must use SINGULAR PRONOUN, SINGULAR ADJECTIVE AND SINGULAR VERB

SO RIGHT IS 
Every soldier and every sailor was in his place.

Each of / Either of / Neither of> AFTER THIS WE USE PLURAL PRONOUN

Each of the boy has a note book.EACH OF THE BOYS HAS A NOTE BOOK.

Each of the boys has their own book
EACH, EITHER, NEITHER , ANY > WE USE SINGUALR PRONOUN..
SO HIS OWN BOOK IS RIGHT

We each have advised him to give up smoking.
no error

here if we are using EACH after the subject then it is used prior to auxilary verb,,
We each have advised him to give up smoking.. this is wrong


All of the two students are guilty.
we use both for two person or two things

so here
BOTH OF THE TWO STUDENTS ARE GUILTY

Both of them are not going

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT RULE.. WE MUST NOT USE BOTH IN NEGATIVE SENTENCE.
Neither of them is going.

One should do one’s duty himself
with one everything must be in one form,, so one >> one's  >> oneself is right instead of himself


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