Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. One must keep

  2. one's words

  3. otherwise

  4. one will earn a disrepute

  5. No error
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct idiomatic expression is 'keep one's word' (singular), not 'keep one's words'. When someone promises to do something and follows through, we say they 'keep their word'. The error is in part B.

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