Quiz 4

Criterion is singular and criteria, plural. The sentence given refers to only one criterion—evidence of misconduct. So, the options that use ‘criteria’ are wrong.

The usages ‘criterion for determining’ and ‘criterion in determining’ are both correct in the given context. ‘To determine if a president gets impeached’ mixes up tenses, and ‘to determining the impeachment of a President’ is incorrect usage.

ANS - B

The modifier “by the president” is misplaced in the given sentence. The modifier should be close to the word it modifies, which, in this case, is the decision and not the Paris Agreement. The correct expression is “the decision by the president” or “the president’s decision”.

The second error is the use of the preposition “from”. The correct usage is “pull out of”.

The third error is the omission of the preposition ‘in’ before China. Where did the decision draw heavy criticism? Within the US, internationally, and specifically, in China.

Option (d) corrects all these errors.

There are two verbs in the given sentence- ‘occur’ and ‘are’. Let us look at each of these in turn to identify the subject associated with the verb.

The question is \" Choose the grammatically correct option \"

Hence, the answer is option D

The given sentence has a faulty parallel structure. What follows ‘and’ must be parallel to what follows ‘both’. But in the given sentence, ‘both’ is followed by ‘to increase’, while ‘and’ is followed by ‘create’. The correct construction is— \'both to increase European military capacity within NATO and to create…\'

Note here that ‘both serves…’ is also incorrect, as it is faulty parallelism.

Also, the article to be used with ‘European’ is ‘a’, not ‘an’, as ‘European’ begins with a consonant sound.

ANS D

The subject of the sentence is ‘the sheer number’. This is singular, as the noun ‘number’ is singular. The verb ‘has’ relates to this, and not ‘cars’.

The expression ‘the number’ indicates a single arithmetical value. So, it is followed by a singular verb. On the other hand, expression ‘a number’ serves as an indefinite pronoun meaning many. So, it is followed by a plural verb.

The adjective ‘sheer’ meaning utter or veritable is the correct word to be used in the given context.

ANS D

There are a couple of errors in the given sentence.

The first one relates to the modifier, ‘being an industry expert’. The industry expert is the person spoken to (you), and not the speaker (I). This error is corrected by either saying ‘as you are an industry expert’, or ‘being that you are an industry expert’.

The second error is in the use of ‘if’ after ‘hoping’. ‘Hoping’ normally followed by a noun clause beginning with ‘that’(either explicitly stated or implied), or it is followed by ‘for’, or ‘to’. The use of ‘if’ is incorrect. This error is corrected by saying, ‘I was hoping that you could give me some tips’, or ‘ I was hoping for some tips’.

The option that corrects both the errors is option (D).

There are a few errors in the given sentence.

One is the dandling modifier, ‘fighting a rising tide of illegal fishing’. Who is fighting illegal fishing? The island nation (not the boats poaching in the waters). So, ‘island nation’ should follow the modifier, not ‘four boats’.

The second error is in the placement of the word ‘caught’. This verb does not relate to sea cucumbers and other marine life in the waters. The marine life has been poached. It is the boats have been caught poaching.

Finally, ‘island nation’ is singular. So, the pronoun that relates to this should be singular. The correct usage is ‘its waters’, not ‘their waters’.

Also note that in the answer options, option (a) says ‘set fire on’. This is incorrect. The correct usage is ‘set fire to’, or ’set on fire’.

ANS C

As the word ‘bacteria’ is plural, ‘a bacteria’ is incorrect. The singular form is ‘bacterium’.

By placing the modifier “that eats one of the most common forms of plastic” after ‘a recycling plant’, the given sentence implies the recycling plant eats plastic!

Option (c) is ambiguous, as the name of the bacterium follows ‘one of the most common forms of plastic’.

Only option (d) corrects all errors.

The pronoun ‘I’ is a subject pronoun, used when one is the doer of the action. The pronoun ‘me’, on the other hand, is an object pronoun. It is used when one is the receiver of the action.

The question is Choose the grammatically correct option

Hence, the answer is option A

The sentence given has three errors:

1. ‘Panorama’ is singular. So, the verb associated with this is ‘provides’, not ‘provide’.

2. The preposition ‘of’ connects words and is used to show possession or the relationship between two things. The right word in the given context is ‘off’, the equivalent of ‘away’.

3. The adverb ‘once’ should be placed immediately before the word or phrase it modifies. ‘Called …. once’ could mean it was called so one time (instead of at one time). The correct usage is ‘was once called…’.

ANS D