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921
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He sat under the shade of a tree.'
A. He sat
B. under
C. the shade
D. of a tree
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You sit 'under' a tree, but 'in' the shade of a tree. Correct: 'sat in the shade'.
922
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She is good in mathematics.'
A. She is
B. good
C. in
D. mathematics
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Correct preposition is 'at'. Correct: 'good at mathematics'.
923
Identify the segment containing an error: 'He picked a quarrel on me.'
A. He
B. picked
C. a quarrel
D. on me
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Correct idiom is 'with'. Correct: 'picked a quarrel with me'.
924
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Supposing if it rains, what shall we do?'
A. Supposing
B. if
C. it rains
D. what shall we do
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'Supposing' and 'if' mean the same thing here. Use one. Correct: 'Supposing it rains' or 'If it rains'.
925
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The reason why he failed is because he did not study.'
A. The reason why
B. he failed
C. is because
D. he did not study
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Redundant. Use 'The reason... is that'. Correct: 'is that he did not study'.
926
Identify the segment containing an error: 'Myself did the work.'
A. Myself
B. did
C. the
D. work
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A reflexive pronoun cannot be the subject. Correct: 'I did the work myself' or 'I did the work'.
927
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I, you and he are going.'
A. I, you
B. and he
C. are
D. going
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The order of pronouns for good news/general statements is 231 (Second, Third, First). Correct: 'You, he and I are going'.
928
Identify the segment containing an error: 'The population of Tokyo is greater than Delhi.'
A. The population
B. of Tokyo
C. is greater
D. than Delhi
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Illogical comparison. Correct: 'than that of Delhi'.
929
Identify the segment containing an error: 'She has a great many works to do.'
A. She has
B. a great many
C. works
D. to do
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'Works' usually refers to literary works or factories. For tasks, 'work' is uncountable. Use 'a great deal of work' or 'many tasks'.
930
Identify the segment containing an error: 'I cannot cope up with this pressure.'
A. I cannot
B. cope
C. up with
D. this pressure
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The correct phrase is 'cope with'. 'Up' is redundant and incorrect. Correct: 'cope with this pressure'.
