Multiple choice

Direction: Choose the statement(s) or part(s) thereof that has/have an error of grammar or syntax.

(A) Yet the common herd, including the herd of writers, (B) is perpetually falling into this shallow mistake. (C). I have been awake for so long; I must rush home to catch sleep. (D) He is not a man of many words, but he is true to his words.

  1. A and B

  2. B and C

  3. C and D

  4. A and C

  5. A and D
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Catch sleep' in C is incorrect idiomatic usage. The correct phrase ought to be 'catch up with my sleep'. The correct idiomatic usage in D is 'true to his word'.

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