Spotting Error Topic- Pronoun Part-II

#spotting Error #pronoun
(a) Unless two or more members object/ (b) to him joining the club, we shall have to/ (c) accept his application for membership./ (d) No error.

before joining use possessive adjective .. so HIS JOINING


(a) I was surprised and pleased (b)/ when I was informed of me (c) winning the
contest./ (d) No error. use MY before WINNING 

(a) Our dog may look/ (b) fierce but/ (c) that wouldn’t hurt a fly./ (d) No error.for DOG use IT (C)

(a) No one can/ (b) challenge destiny,/ (c)isn’t it?/ (d) No error.isnt it must replaced by CAN THEY?

(a) All the doubts are cleared/ (b) between/ (c) you and I./ (d) No error.BETWEEN...AND takes objective form..so here use you and me.

(a) The front page story was about a school girl/ (b) that had hurt herself/ (c) while
saving a child in an accident./ (d) No errothat >>> who ,,,as here subject is school girl


(a) The last thing that the fond mother/ (b) gave her only son/ (c) was his blessing./ (d)
No error.(C) use HER as here we used MOTHER

(a) It is not/ (b) I who is/ (c) to blame./ (d) No error
with I we use am not is..so replace IS with AM

(a) I shall avail of/ (b) this opportunity/ (c) to meet you there./ (d) No error
avail takes reflexive pronoun so according to I use MysELF

(a) Put you in my position/ (b) and you will realise/ (c) the problems faced in my
profession./ (d) No error.
put YOURSELF


(a) Each of them/ (b) has to understand/ (c) their responsibility/ (d) No error.each takes singular things,, so here REMOVE their and USE HIS
HIS responsibility

(a) We are proud to announce/ (b) that every one of us have earned/ (c) a good name./
(d) No error.every one takes singular verb so use HAS

(a) Here is/ (b) the man whom I think/ (c) committed the crime./ (d) No error.here THE MAN IS SUBJECT,SO USE WHO ,,, HERE IF WE TAKE I THING AS SUBJECT THEN WE ARE MAKING MISTAKE,,

(a) He took/ (b) his younger sister/ (c) with himself./ (d) No errorREMOVE himself USE HIM ONLY

(a) The company is in debt/ (b) and has been unable/ (c) to pay their employees’
salaries/ (d) for the past six months./ (e) No error.COMPANY IS singular noun so use ITS instead of THEIR

a) The company has appointed/ (b) consultants to help them/ (c) increase its
revenue and/ (d) improve its financial position./ (e) No error.
COMPANY IS singular noun so use IT instead of THEM

(a) You cannot change/ (b) people, but you/ (c) can definitely/ (d) change own./ (e)
No error.OWN MUST BE REPLACED BY YOURSELF

(a) Governments and business houses must reduce/ (b) its own energy use/ (c) and promote conservation/ (d) to their citizens and employees./ (e) No error.
ITS must be replaced by THEIR,,,as there are two subjects,,


(a) Even those which/ (b) have no previous/ (c) work experience have/ (d) applied
for this job./ (e) No error.which replaced by WHO 

(a) He talked on the phone/ (b) for hours together/ (c) who really irritated/ (d) hisparents a lot./ (e) No errorhere we are talking about the process of talking on phone,, so who must be replaced by WHICH


(a) Instead of laying off/ (b) the workers, the company/ (c) decided to ask them/ (d)
to avail voluntary retirement./ (e) No error.AVAIL THEMSELVES OF

(a) The two sisters shouted/ (b) at one another/ (c) in public./ (d) No errorFOR TWO > EACH OTHER
FOR MORE THAN TWO > ONE ANOTHER


(a) We must supplement/ (b) our diet with vitamins and minerals/ (c) in order to
keep/ (d) oneself fit. WE DONT USE reflexive pronoun with KEEP so remove oneself


a) Mrs. Pratap, being a good teacher/ (b) she is selected/ (c) for the National Award./
(d) No errorRemove she,, we should not use mrs pratap and she in one sentence

a) The poor man/ (b) poisoned him/ (c) and his own children./ (d) No error(B) use HIMSELF instead of him

(a) It was in 2006/ (b) that we first flew/ (c) to the United States./ (d) No errorthat must be replaced by WHEN as we are talking about 2006