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Sentence Correction Practice - Test 4
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None, accept an archdeacon, pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so no one can say if these duties are performed perfunctorily and inadequately, or scrupulously and successfully.
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No one, except an archdeacon, pretends to know what the duties of an archdeacon are, so no one can say if these
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The Sentence bears error of diction and parallel construction (none, accept…….no one can say). Use of 'none' is incorrect, as none refers to persons already mentioned. So, the correct usage here is 'no one', not 'none'. And use of 'accept' is incorrect; it refers to admit or allow, but the sentence implies 'other than', so, the correct usage is 'except'. This is the correct answer as it rectifies both the errors.