Multiple choice

Directions: The numbered lines given below contain an error each. Choose the correct option to rectify the corresponding error. Though I am averse to gamble, yet we went to the party (13) Though everybody brought their children along with them, (14) We left our baby in charge of a neighbour and (15) Our son, who is elder than her, stayed at home. (16)

Which phrase should replace ‘in charge of’ in line (15)?

  1. in the charge of

  2. by the charge of

  3. in the charge at

  4. by charge of
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Explanation

It was the neighbour who was in charge of the baby; the baby was left in the charge of the neighbour. “In charge of” means “having care of, or authority over”. “In the charge of” means “subject to the care, control or authority of”.

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