Spotting Errors

Option (4) is correct as the corresponding part has an error of importance. 'should' should be deleted from the sentence as 'order' already is there to assert importance.

Option (2) is correct as there is an error of modifier in the corresponding part. 'dark woods frightened them' is incorrect because there is no antecedent to the pronoun 'them'. We can use 'they were frightened by the dark woods'to correct the error of modifier.

Missing noun that needs modification—who needs to prevent rashes?

Correct usage would be 'Sweating heavily from the exertion, I soaked my shirt in five minutes'.

It should be ‘he enjoyed reading’. It refers to a habit that has resulted because of that infirmity. ‘Enjoyed to read’ suggests immediacy of time, which is an error. It is now a trait, which is best stated by ‘he enjoyed reading’. No error

The sentence opens in past tense and the same tense is maintained in (B) and (C), but not in (D). It should be ‘she wanted his help’. It is important that there is no mismatch of tense in one sentence. So, the whole sentence should read as: She hesitated (past) to contact him as she did not want (past) him to think (though in the present tense, it is here to complete the action suggested by ‘did not want’) she wanted his help.

It should be 'the deal' since a specific deal will have to be cancelled. It should be ‘cancel the deal’. Therefore, the error is in D.

The entire statement is in indirect speech, except this part. ‘That do not take any further step in the matter’ should be rephrased as ‘not to take any further step in the matter’. Direct or indirect speeches also refer to tense. If a sentence has begun in a direct narrative form, the same form must be carried forward to avoid any mismatch. The material part of the sentence is ‘the Chief Minister asked the official not to take any further action in the matter’. This material part is contained in (A) and (C). In (B) 'who had not prepared the draft' is a qualifying clause that qualifies the noun ‘official’.

There is no error

This is a conditional statement. This kind of statement is used when we talk about something generally not expected to occur or is purely imaginary. Here, the mother says that I could have achieved success (this means I have not achieved success) if (this is the condition) I had not wasted my time and energy on trifling matters (means I have wasted my time and energy on trifling matters). The sentence is perfectly in order.

There is no error There is no error There is no error It should be 'the temperature of this room is as high as that of the other room'. In the example above, temperature is compared with the other room when it is temperature of the other room that is to be compared. Temperature has to be compared with temperature, and when we say 'is as high as that of…' this 'that of' means 'temperature of'. Instead of repeating noun 'that of' is used as pronoun. There is no error

There is no error. It is planning to, not planning for. Here too, the situation is identical. I am planning to do something and that something is ‘to compile’ a book on grammar. It is wrong to say ‘I am planning for compiling’. There is no error There is no error There is no error

There is no error ‘at competition’ is wrong. It should be ‘to compete’ as it suggests action which is the requirement here. ‘At’ suggests object, but in this sentence the object is in C) segment and the qualifier in D) segment. In A) ‘She’ is the subject while the rest of the sentence is part of the predicate and when ‘aim’ is used to suggest action, we say ‘aim to do something’ as in the present case. So, ‘she aims to compete for…’ There is no error There is no error There is no error

'For all good men' not 'man'

There is no error There is no error ‘do not chirp’. A sentence has at least one subject and one predicate. Subject of the main clause is ‘the chirping birds’, so the predicate of the main clause should accord with this and it should accordingly be ‘do not chirp’. If the main subject clause and the main predicate clause are put together, they should read as ‘the chirping birds do not chirp in mirth’. Other clauses are mere embellishments. There are no errors in the rest of the parts. There is no error

“One of’ means ‘one out of so many or one out of several’. So, it should be ‘one of my scholar brothers’. There is no error There is no error There is no error There is no error