Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence tests your ability to recognise grammar and usage errors. The sentence is divided into four parts. Each part is lettered and one of these contains an error. The sentence does not contain more than one error. If the sentence contains an error, select the lettered part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select option (E) as your answer. In choosing your answer, follow the requirements of standard written English.

(A) None can deny that (B) every scientific invention has proved to be (C) more harmful to humanity (D) than beneficial. (E) No error

  1. (A)

  2. (B)

  3. (C)

  4. (D)

  5. (E)

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(A) 'No one'. There is a difference between 'none' and 'no one'. The former is more in the sense of 'none of them', whereas 'no one' means nobody in the world.