Multiple choice

Directions: Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labeled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the answer sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).

(a) I have tried (b) to meet him several times: (c) he isn't never at home. (d) No error

  1. (a)

  2. (b)

  3. (c)

  4. (d)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This sentence segment is incorrect because: 'isn't' is a contraction of 'is not' and then it also has 'never' in the segment. There cannot be two negations in a sentence and the reason why we keep 'never' is because it would be consistent with the previous part of the sentence, where we were informed that the author has tried to meet him several times. It should be 'he is never at home'.

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