Spotting Errors Topic: conjunction

#everydayquiz #Spotting Errors #conjuction
As I was ill, so I could not come.
remove SO  , we dont use SO with AS




Not only he cheated his friends but also his parents.  right is :he cheated Not only his friends but also his parents. 

Though       Yet/,
Although      Yet/,
No sooner       than
Hardly/Scarcely       when
As as
So     as
Lest    should
Too   to
So     that
Between and
From   to
Else    but
Other/Rather   than
Such   that
Whether   or
The same   that
Both     and
Not only  but alsoTHESE ARE CONJUCTOIN WHICH SHOULD BE TOGETHER ALWAYS


Though he worked hard but he failedremove BUT use YET

He is both intelligent as well as industriousas well as >> AND

both... and 

The party is between 7 p.m and 9 p.mthere is no error,,,

Between ,,,and is right,

The party is from 7 p.m to 9 p.m.no error,
from..to is right 


 I have no other aim but to succeed in life
no other ...than,,
so use ,THAN instead of BUT


He asked me if I was coming or not.change IF to WHETHER

I am so happy.I am VERY happy. is right

Neither of his four sons looked after him.
neither for two 
for more than two use NONE

Either of the students of your class has done this mischief.use one of,,,

As soon as he will come, I will call you upif two future action ll be completed one by one,,and second action is dependent on the first action then FIRST ACTION will be in SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE and SECOND ACTION will be in SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE

so here right answer is 
as soon as he comes



When I come, then, I will meet youwith IF/WHEN we must not use THEN,, so REmove THEN

Since I was ill, so I could not comewith SINCE/AS/BECAUSE we must not use SO,
so remove SO ,,


No sooner did he see me when he ran away.change WHEN to THAN


No sooner .................. than
Hardly ....................... when
Scarcely .................... when


Hardly I saw him when I stopped my car.Hardly did I see him when I stopped my car.


Run fast lest you will miss the train. 
LEST takes SHOULD ,,so use SHOULD instead of WILL


Till the train gets the signal, it will not proceed
we usually dont start the sentence with TILL..
so use UNTIL

EVEN IN UNTIL THERE IS ONLY ONE L,, DONT PUT UNTILL


He doubts that she will help him.
if there is DOUBT/DOUBTFUL word then there are two situation
first..IF AFFIRMATIVE sentence then use if/whether
second: if interrogative OR negative  then use THAT 

He doubts if/whether she will help him.(Affirmative Sentence)

I have no doubt if/whether he will cheat meI have no doubt that he will cheat me.


(a) You are quite cynical/ (b) when you say that the reason why we have/ (c) such
a large turnout is because we are serving refreshments./ (d) No error.

the reason why,, then we must not use BECAUSE  .
SO remove BECAUSE


(a) That store/ (b) hadn’t hardly/ (c) any of those goods./ (d) No error.B.HARDLY is negative word ,so dont use not with that,,,


(a) I needed that money/ (b) so desperately, it was/ (c) like manna from heaven
when it arrived./ (d) No error.B.SO ..THAT..
after DESPERATELY use THAT

(a) The period/ (b) between 1980 to 1990/ (c) was very significant in my life./ (d)
No error.B
between..and
from,. to 
this are must be together ,, no interchange is allowed in between them

(a) No sooner had the hockey match started/ (b) when it began/ (c) to rain./ (d) No
errorNo sooner .................. than
Hardly ....................... when
Scarcely .................... when

a) She is very/ (b) beautiful/ (c) but intelligent./ (d) No errorRemove BUT use AND

(a) Your success in the IAS examinations depends not only on/ (b) what papers
you have selected/ (c) but on how you have written them/ (d) No error.C.NOT ONLY..BUT ALSO

(a) No sooner had/ (b) he arrived then/ (c) he was asked to leave again./ (d) No
error.B.No sooner .................. than
Hardly ....................... when
Scarcely .................... when

(a) I haven’t been/ (b) to New York before and/ (c) neither my sister./ (d) No error.NEITHER HAS MY SISTER,,

(a) Scarcely had/ (b) I arrived than/ (c) the train left./ (d) No error.Scarcely .................... when

(a) The reason why/ (b) he was rejected/ (c) was because he was too young./ (d)
No error.C,,REMOVE because

(a) Unless you do not give/ (b) the keys of the safe/ (c) you will be shot./ (d) No
error.a

unless is negative word so dont use NOT With it.

(a) None of the diplomats at the conference/ (b) was able either to/ (c) comprehend
or solve the problem./ (d) No errorable to EITHER comprehend or solve the problem

(a) I have found that he is/ (b) neither willing/ (c) or capable./ (d) No error.C.NEITHER ..NOR,

(a) We are extremely pleased/(b) for excited as well to invite you/(c) to attend the
meeting./(d) No error.b.REOMVE for USE and

 We are extremely pleased and excited 

(a) When her son got a job/ (b) then she was/ (c) very happy./ (d) No error.remove then,, we dont use THEN with WHEN,, USE COMMA AFTER REMOVING then

(a) Bread and butter/ (b) is/ (c) all we want./ (d) No error.C.use THAT  after all,.,

ALL THAT WE WANT

(a) The cost of the new/ (b) machines is likely to/ (c) be so high as ten/ (d) times
the existing ones./ (e) No error.SO..AS>> NEGATIVE SENTENCE 

AS....AS>> POSITIVE SENTENCE

(a) He walked as faster/ (b) as he could so that/ (c) he would not miss the train to
work./ (d) No error.A.AS FAST AS

(a) She was running/ (b) a very high fever/(c) and thus her mother takes her to
the doctor./(d) No errorchange "THUS HER MOTHER TAKES" TO "SO HER MOTHER TOOK"

(a) No sooner the teacher/ (b) enter the class/ (c) than the students stood up./ (d) No
errorA

after no sooner use  helping verb..so no sooner did  the teacher..

(a) Unless/ (b) you will work hard,/ (c) you cannot pass./ (d) No error.

Unless/ if/ until/ provided/ before/ after/ in case/ as soon as REMEMBER THESE WORDS,, WE MUST NOT USE WILL with these WORDS

(a) Keep him at an arm's lenght/ (b) lest you may not repent/(c) in the long run./C.LEST..SHOULD

. (a) The briefing/ (b) will be held/ (c) between 2 P.M. to 3 P.M./ (d) No error.BETWEEN ..AND

FROM...TO

(a) Unless you do not meet/ (b) all the requirements/ (c) your application will be
rejected./ (d) No error.A..UNLESS negative word so remove not..

(a) How do you manage to speak/ (b) to her with/ (c) so great patience./ (d) No error.ERROR IS IN C,,NOT GIVEN WHAT IS THE ERROR EXACTLY.

(a) No sooner she had realized/ (b) her blunder than she began/ (c) to take
corrective measures./ (d) No errorNO SOONER+HELPING VERB..

SO no sooner had

(a) She was not/ (b) so well versed in/ (c) English that we had expected./ (d) No error.C.so ,..as is right pair,,

so  remove THAT use AS.

(a) Mr. Sinha, my friend, philosopher and guide not only stopped coming/ (b) here

but also going to any place/ (c) which is related to his wife’s life./ (d) No error.A.STOPPED NOT ONLY .

(a) Neither the doctor nor the nurses/ (b) were asleep when/ (c) the injured was
brought to the hospital./ (d) No error.D

(a) As soon as the peon rings the bell, then all/ (b) the students come to the
assembly room/ (c) for prayer./ (d) No error.A.with  AS SOON AS we dont use THEN

(a) Hardly had he come out of the bus/ (b) then the bomb exploded/ (c) and shattered
the bus into pieces./ (d) No error.B. HARDLY,,,,WHEN

(a) Scarcely had I bought/ (b) the ticket when the train/ (c) left the platform with
a hissing sound./ (d) No errorD,NO ERROR

a) Many of the freedom fighters/ (b) are so respectful as Gandhiji/ (c) if not more. /
(d) No error.
C.

SO..AS... NEGATIVE SENTENCE

AS..AS... POSITIVE SENTENCE..

(a) This is perhaps the same place who/ (b) was chosen by us/ (c) for the picnic./
(d) No error.A.THE PLACE non living things so use WHICH.

BUT here the word,,THE SAME,, requires THAT only,,so use THAT

a) She asked me that why I was/ (b) not preparing for the/ (c) Civil Service
Examinations./ (d) No error.A.with WH FAMILY we must not use THAT.Sso remove THAT.

A) Run fast/ (b) lest you will/ (c) lose the race/ (d) No errorB.LEST...SHOULD,

(a) As AJAY DEVGAN is a perfectionist,/ (b) so he always insists/ (c) on retakes till he
is satisfied with the shot./ (d) No error.B

When AS is used for denoting some reason,, we dont use SO ,,, so remove SO ,,

(a) You must either/ (b) work hard/ (c) else be prepared to lead a miserable life./
(d) No error.C.EITHER ... TAKEN OR,,NOT ELSE,,,SO USE  OR

(a) I don’t know if any of the students/ (b) of our school is going/ (c) to pay any
heed to the principal’s order or not./ (d) No error.a

we use OR with WHETHER but not with IF,, so ,, USE whether

a) This is not such a/ (b) complicated problem who cannot be solved/ (c) with
determination./ (d) No errorB.with SUCH we should use THAT.

(a) Although these books/ (b) are not useful but the students buy them/ (C) because
their seniors did so./ (d) No error.B

Though       Yet/,
Although      Yet/,
No sooner       than
Hardly/Scarcely       when
As as
So     as
Lest    should
Too   to
So     that
Between and
From   to
Else    but
Other/Rather   than
Such   that
Whether   or
The same   that
Both     and
Not only  but alsoTHESE ARE CONJUCTOIN WHICH SHOULD BE TOGETHER ALWAYS
SO USE YET,,

a) He did not/ (b) succeed in the examination,/ (c) yet he had worked hard and
had adopted the right strategy./ (d) No error.use THOUGH instead of YET,,


(a) He has lots/ (b) of money and/ (c) he will not help any one/ (d) No error.B.

use BUT instead if AND.

FOR SHOWING NEGATIVE THINGS WE USE BUT AS CONJUCTION SOME TIME

a) Because he is intelligent,/ (b) therefore he gets good/ (c) marks in all the
examinations./ (d) No error.

BECAUSE/AS/SINCE>> with these words we dont use SO/THEREFORE

(a) Both the rich alongwith/ (b) the poor are affected equally/ (c) when prices of
petrol and diesel increase./ (d) No error.with BOTH the pair is AND,, so use AND instead of along with

(a) I cannot say/ (b) if he has paid/ (c) the fee or not./ (d) No error

we use OR with WHETHER but not with IF,, so ,, USE whether

(a) Ten years have passed/ (b) that I returned from/ (c) America and settled in India./
(d) No error.SINCE will be used instead of THAT

(a) It was almost/ (b) ten years ago since he wrote/ (c) a letter to me enquiring
about my well being/ (d) No error.Use WHEN instead of SINCE

(a) He would not/ (b) have died when you had/ (c) helped him in time./ (d) No error.Use IF instead of WHEN

(a) Scarcely we had/ (b) reached the office/ (c) when it started raining cats and dogs./
(d) No error.SCARCELY HAD WE

(a) The labourers/ (b) relax/ (c) between 4.00 p.m. to 5. 00 p.m./ (d) No erroRC RYT

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