Spotting Errors

In reported speech, the mayor's quotation needs to be in indirect speech form. The quote uses first person 'I' but should be converted to third person 'he' to match the reporting clause. The correct version should be: The mayor says that he will consider running for commissioner's post but he is not sure yet. First-person pronouns in direct quotes must change when converting to reported/indirect speech.

The phrase 'than all the criminal' has a parallelism error. When making comparisons, you must compare like things. The sentence is comparing a person ('he') to 'all the criminal', which should be either 'than all the criminals' (plural noun phrase) or 'than all other criminals'. 'The criminal' suggests a single person, which doesn't match 'all'. Also, the comparative 'more dangerous' requires comparison with others, not with 'the criminal'.

The phrase 'roaring avalanche' is missing an article. Since 'avalanche' is a singular countable noun, it requires an article like 'a' or 'the'. The correct phrase should be 'a roaring avalanche' or 'the roaring avalanche'. You cannot use a singular countable noun without a determiner in English.

The phrase 'both the person' has a number agreement error. 'Both' indicates two people, so it should be followed by the plural 'persons' or 'people'. The correct phrase should be 'both the persons' or, more naturally, 'both people' or 'both of them'. Using the singular 'person' with 'both' is grammatically incorrect.

The phrase 'place on the house' uses the wrong preposition. When referring to position within a building, we use 'in' not 'on'. The correct phrase should be 'place in the house'. 'On the house' would mean on the roof or exterior surface, which doesn't make sense for placing a trophy inside the home.

The pronoun 'them' incorrectly refers back to the singular noun 'car'. 'Car' is a singular countable noun, so it should be referred to with the singular pronoun 'it', not the plural 'them'. The correct phrase should be 'bragged about it' to agree with the singular antecedent 'car'.

The sentence is grammatically correct as written. 'After finding traces of poison in his dinner yesterday' is a valid introductory phrase using the present participle 'finding'. The main clause 'Mohit accused his wife of trying to cause harm' follows correct structure with the verb 'accused' taking the preposition 'of', which is then followed by the gerund 'trying'. There are no errors in subject-verb agreement, preposition usage, or sentence structure.

The error is in part (A) 'He ate'. With the time marker 'since yesterday', we need present perfect tense to show an action starting in the past and continuing to the present. It should be 'He has eaten nothing since yesterday'. Present simple 'ate' is incorrect with 'since'.

The error is in part (C) 'glimmer of hope for malarial researcher'. It should be 'a glimmer of hope for malarial researchers' - needing the indefinite article 'a' before 'glimmer' and plural 'researchers' as vaccines typically benefit multiple researchers in the field.

The error is in part (B) 'are'. 'Ebb and flow' is a fixed expression treated as a singular unit (a single concept), so it requires the singular verb 'is', not plural 'are'. This is a common collective expression that takes singular form.

In indirect speech, a direct question embedded within a sentence must follow statement word order rather than interrogative inversion. The clause 'what do I want' should instead be phrased as 'what I wanted' to maintain proper sequence of tenses and syntax.

The error is in part (C) 'with the yellow doors'. When using 'contrast' to show differences between colors or things, the correct preposition is 'to' not 'with'. It should be 'contrast to the yellow doors'. 'Contrast with' is used when comparing similarities, but 'contrast to' for differences.

The phrase 'the father as well as the sons' is singular because 'as well as' is a parenthetical phrase that doesn't make the subject compound. Only 'the father' is the grammatical subject, which is singular. Therefore, 'were' should be 'was'. This is a common error: phrases like 'as well as', 'together with', or 'along with' don't create plural subjects like 'and' does.

'Little' means almost nothing (negative), while 'a little' means some (positive). When requesting water, we mean 'give me some water' (positive), so it should be 'a little water'. Saying 'little water' suggests we don't want water, which contradicts being 'very thirsty'. This is a quantifier distinction: 'little' is negative, 'a little' is positive.