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Grammar Rules: Conjunction Test 250
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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Erica decided to (1)/ continue living in Paris (2)/ but she fell in love (3)/ with the city. (4)
    Solutions

    The error lies in the third part of the sentence. The conjunction ‘but’ is used to join two conflicting or contrasting clauses, indicating two opposite stances. This makes it inappropriate contextually since the subject will continue living somewhere if they fall in love with the place, so the two parts need to be joined by conjunctions like ‘since’, ‘for’, or ‘because’. This is because the two parts of the sentence share a cause-and-effect relationship with each other.

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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    The equestrian (1)/ fell off his horse (2)/ for injured (3)/ his waist. (4)
    Solutions

    The error lies in the third part of the sentence. The conjunction ‘for’, denoting reason, is inappropriate contextually. Since the two parts of the segment denote events following each other, they will best be joined by the conjunction ‘and’. In the sentence, ‘and’ serves as a coordinating conjunction, expressing two elements that have happened in addition to one another.

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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Notwithstanding his horror at the way (1)/ the things turned out to be, (2)/ he did not lose hope (3)/ and decided to try all over again. (4)
    Solutions

    The sentence is contextually and grammatically correct.

    Note: In the sentence ‘notwithstanding’ is being used as a conjunction to mean the same as ‘although’ and ‘despite’; and performing the same function of introducing a clause that expresses a concession.

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    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Last week, the Court directed (1)/ the Centre to constitute a tribunal within a (2)/ month to adjudicate the river water (3)/ dispute among the two states. (4)
    Solutions
    The conjunction ‘among’ is incorrect and needs to be replaced with ‘between’. This is because we use between to refer to two things which are clearly separated. We use ‘among’ to talk about things which are not clearly separated because they are part of a group or crowd or mass of objects.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    She doesn’t even know (1)/ whether her daughter is (2)/ coming back home (3)/ and staying at her friend's place. (4)
    Solutions

    The conjunction comes in the pair ‘whether…or’ and not ‘whether…and’. The conjunction “whether…or” pairs up two clauses and is used when someone does not know which of two possibilities is true. Therefore, ‘and’ must be replaced with ‘or’ to form a grammatically correct sentence.

    Hence, option D is the correct answer.

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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

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    Where the Civil War broke out, (1)/ he fought on (2)/ the side of the South and (3)/ became a brigadier-general. (4)
    Solutions
    We use "when" as a conjunction meaning ‘at the time that’ but in part 1 where is used to indicate time. Hence there is an error part 1 and option A is the answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The option corresponding to that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct, mark (5) as the answer, .i.e., "No error". Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    "Australia will introduce random (1)/ searches of workers entering while inside (2)/ its airports, as it increases security (3)/ after a recently foiled terrorism plot", officials said. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in the second part of the sentence. "Entering while inside" conveys a weird meaning. One cannot enter a place at the same time when he/ she is inside it. Thus, we need to replace "while" with a more appropriate word. The conjunction "and" will be a correct word that would fit. Thus, option B is the correct answer.
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    Direction:Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Perhaps the greatest tragedy (1)/ for undercover atheists is the barrier (2)/ it necessarily erects among (3)/ them and their loved ones. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in the incorrect usage of the preposition "among" in the third part. Among is used when more than two people or entities are in question and "between" is used when only two entities are concerned. Since, the coordinating conjunction 'and' has been used here to link two things, "between" should be used.   
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    An attempt made by his uncles to dislodge him (1)/ proved unsuccessful, and no sooner (2)/ was the young sovereign firmly settled when he began to (3)/ meditate an extension of his own dominions. (4)
    Solutions
    The error lies in the third part of the sentence. The correct forms of correlative conjunction is “no sooner… than” and “hardly… when”. Since the usage of the latter would require changes to be made in two parts of the sentence, “no sooner… than” should be used. Thus, “when” should be replaced by “than” in the third part. Option C i s the answer.
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    Directions For Questions

    Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

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    Both the rich along with (1)/ the poor were equally distraught (2)/ of the unyielding rise in the fuel (3)/ prices and demanded government subsidy. (4)
    Solutions
    ‘Both’ must be followed by the conjunction ‘and’ instead of ‘along with’ to make the sentence grammatically incorrect. So, option A is the correct answer.
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