Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the segment of the sentence that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe error lies in part A.
Key Points
- Use 'men' instead of 'man'
- Rule: For "more than one" there can be the following structures.-
- More than one+Noun(singular)+verb(singular) OR
- More+Noun(plural)+than one+Verb(plural)
- In the given sentence 2nd structure is to be followed hence we shall use 'plural noun'- men instead of singular noun- 'man'
The correct sentence- More men than one were killed in the massacre.
Additional Information
Massacre- Killing a large number of people,
Synonym- carnage, bloodbath.
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