Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the statement(s) which is/are grammatically incorrect.

(1) My grandmother had been old and wrinkled since twenty years. (2) One of his knee cap had been torn off. (3) It is better to have a permanent income than to do odd jobs. (4) She was as serene as the winter landscape in the mountains. (5) Great nations are always built in absolute honesty.

  1. Both 3 and 4

  2. Both 2 and 5

  3. 2

  4. 1

  5. 1 and 2
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Correct; sentence 1 has the error in preposition. 'Since' is used to denote a definite time. 'Twenty years' is a definitive period of time. So, the correct preposition here is 'for'.

Sentence 2 talks about 'one' out of two caps. So, it should be 'knee caps'.

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