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1071
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Although he is rich, but he is unhappy.'
A. Although
B. he is rich
C. but
D. he is unhappy
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Explanation
'Although' and 'but' are both conjunctions of contrast and should not be used in the same sentence structure. Use 'Although... (yet)' or simply a comma. Remove 'but'.
1072
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He has no house to live.'
A. He has
B. no house
C. to
D. live
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When an infinitive is used as an adjective to qualify a noun, the appropriate preposition must be used if the verb is intransitive. It should be 'to live in'.
1073
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I entered into the room.'
A. I
B. entered
C. into
D. the room
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When 'enter' means to go into a physical place, it is not followed by a preposition. 'Into' is redundant. It should be 'I entered the room'.
1074
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She resembles with her mother.'
A. She
B. resembles
C. with
D. her mother
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The verb 'resembles' takes a direct object and is not followed by a preposition. 'With' is incorrect. It should be 'She resembles her mother'.
1075
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Mathematics are a difficult subject.'
A. Mathematics
B. are
C. a difficult
D. subject
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Names of subjects ending in 's' like Mathematics, Physics, and Economics are singular and take a singular verb. It should be 'Mathematics is...'.
1076
Identify the segment containing an error: 'No sooner did I reach the station when the train left.'
A. No sooner
B. did I reach
C. the station
D. when the train left
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Explanation
The correct correlative conjunction is 'No sooner... than'. 'When' is used with 'Hardly/Scarcely'. The correct phrase is 'than the train left'.
1077
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He works hardly to support his family.'
A. He
B. works
C. hardly
D. to support his family
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'Hardly' means 'scarcely' or 'almost not', which contradicts the intended meaning. The adverb meaning 'with great effort' is 'hard'. He works 'hard'.
1078
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The cattle is grazing in the field.'
A. The cattle
B. is
C. grazing
D. in the field
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'Cattle' is a collective noun that is plural in meaning and requires a plural verb. It should be 'The cattle are grazing...'.
1079
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She is good in English.'
A. She is
B. good
C. in
D. English
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The correct preposition for the phrase meaning proficient or skilled is 'good at', not 'good in'. The sentence should be 'She is good at English'.
1080
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I have seen him yesterday.'
A. I have
B. seen him
C. yesterday
D. No error
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The Present Perfect tense ('have seen') cannot be used with a specific past time marker like 'yesterday'. Simple Past tense must be used. Correct: 'I saw him yesterday'.
