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1021
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I want that you should go.'
A. I want
B. that
C. you should
D. go
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Explanation
'Want' is not followed by a 'that' clause. It follows the pattern 'want + object + infinitive'. Correct: 'I want you to go'.
1022
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He is my cousin brother.'
A. He is
B. my
C. cousin
D. brother
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The word 'cousin' implies the relationship. Adding 'brother' or 'sister' is redundant and incorrect in standard English. Correct: 'He is my cousin'.
1023
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I have a good news for you.'
A. I have
B. a
C. good news
D. for you
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'News' is uncountable, so the indefinite article 'a' cannot be used directly. Correct: 'I have good news for you' or 'a piece of good news'.
1024
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She is married with a dentist.'
A. She is
B. married
C. with
D. a dentist
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One is married 'to' someone, not 'with'. Correct: 'She is married to a dentist'.
1025
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The reason why he failed is because he was lazy.'
A. The reason why
B. he failed
C. is because
D. he was lazy
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'The reason... is because' is redundant. Use 'The reason... is that'. Correct: 'The reason why he failed is that he was lazy'.
1026
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He did not wrote the letter.'
A. He
B. did not
C. wrote
D. the letter
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Double past tense error. 'Did' takes the base form. Correct: 'He did not write the letter'.
1027
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I know to swim.'
A. I
B. know
C. to
D. swim
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With 'know', we must use 'how to' before an infinitive when referring to a skill. Correct: 'I know how to swim'.
1028
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Let's go to the cinema, don't we?'
A. Let's go
B. to the
C. cinema
D. don't we
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The correct question tag for 'Let's' is 'shall we?'. Correct: 'Let's go to the cinema, shall we?'
1029
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She picked a quarrel on him.'
A. She
B. picked
C. a quarrel
D. on him
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The correct idiom/preposition is 'with'. You pick a quarrel 'with' someone. Correct: 'She picked a quarrel with him'.
1030
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I ordered for a pizza.'
A. I
B. ordered
C. for
D. a pizza
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'Order' is a transitive verb; it takes a direct object without a preposition. Correct: 'I ordered a pizza'.
