Common Errors- 3
1. My father is farmer.
2. Other major cities includes Mumbai.
3. There is a large amount of boys in the football field.
4. Knowledge has to be shared between everybody.
5. She was photographed in the nude.
6. The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean and Red seas.
7. In 1966, the exports of gems and jewelery were valued at a
mere Rs. 5 crore.
8. What a pity that she cannot join us.
9. Exports will be doubled in the next five years.
10. The board is consisting of president and five members.
11. This surprise news were received by e-mail.
12. Why not does the committee ensure that justice is done?
13. The strait is 19 miles in length.
14. Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists of choosing
between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
15. Many Asian women marry men from overseas.
16. How many BJP-rule states are there?
17. I prefer Malayalam than Hindi as my second language.
18. You are welcomed.
19. Please send it to me by return of post.
20. Oasises can been in a desert.
21. The magnificence of the sceneries were beyond description.
22. Even if he is illiterate, Venu speaks well.
23. Here is the nature at its best.
24. His is a temporarily job.
25. The exam starts from Wednesday.
26. Found throughout much of Africa, the termite-eating aardvark
is a nocturnal animal.
27. Menon was threatened and assaulted by four gentlemen.
28. When in doubt, refer the encyclopedia.
29. Karthika is in the upstairs.
30. Here, both the borrower and the lender are at fault.
31. We don't know why there was a rapid decline in our sales last
month.
32. A mild termor measuring 3.4 on the Richer scale hit parts of
Delhi.
33. I am coming from Meghalaya. I was born there.
34. Proceedings from the show will be given to charity.
35. She married an oil Mughal and left for the United States.
36. The goat was tied with the lamp-post.
37. British are very formal.
38. Any of the four offsprings born in a single birth is a quadruplet.
39. Roads are a problem.
40. Oregon became a state of USA in 1859.
41. Why do you afraid her?
42. She have lived her ever since the last 10 years.
43. Solon, the great Greek lawgiver, lived 521 B.C.
44. Great expectations were written by Charles Dickens.
45. After I have read it, I shall give the book to you.
46. The Western nations have reacted favourably to the proposal.
47. The policeman was in plane clothes.
48. NCDEX is promoted by jointly ICICI Bank, LIC, NABARD and NSE.
49. Power availability may fall short on Tenth Plan forecast.
50. An antennae is a device for sending and receiving radio and
other electromagnetic signals.
Answers
2 / (include) / 27 / (assaulted by four persons)
3 / (is a large number of ) / 28 / (refer to)
4 / (Knowledge has to be shared) / 29 / (is upstairs)
5 / (No error) / 30 / (No error)
6 / (no error) / 31 / (no error)
7 / (No error) / 32 / (tremor)
8 / (no error) / 33 / (I come from Meghalaya)
9 / (No error) / 34 / (Proceeds)
10 / (board consists of) / 35 / (mogul)
11 / (news was received) / 36 / (was tied to the)
12 / (Why does not the) / 37 / (The British)
13 / (no error) / 38 / (offspring)
14 / (consists in) / 39 / (No error)
15 / (No error) / 40 / (the USA)
16 / (ruled) / 41 / (Why are you ...)
17 / (Malayalam to Hindi) / 42 / (lived here for the past 10 years)
18 / (You are welcome) / 43 / (lived in the 6th century B.C)
19 / (no error) / 44 / (was written)
20 / (Oasis) / 45 / (No error)
21 / (scenery was) / 46 / (no error)
22 / (Even though he is) / 47 / (plain clothes)
23 / (is nature at) / 48 / (promoted jointly by)
24 / (temporary) / 49 / (Short of)
25 / (starts on) / 50 / (antenna)