Directions(Q 1-15): Find out the error in each of the following sentences, if any. If there is no error, your answer is 'e'.
1. The haves should not look scornfully at the haves not, rather they should try to encourage them to work hard and earn their livelihood.
2. All his sister-in -laws are extremely beautiful to look at so the question of selection is very puzzling.
3. The brethrens of this locality are always at daggers drawn without any apparent reason.
Brethren is plural in meaning, no need to use extra 's'.
4. Two summons have been issued by the court but you have not turned up yet.
5. He has bought a dozen of copies of British English Grammar, which is a very popular book among the students.
use 'a dozen copies'
6. He uses a fine quality of shampoo so his hairs are black and attractive.
use 'hair' in place of 'hairs'. hair is uncountable noun.
7. “I know nothing about his whereabout. Do you ?” he said to me.
use whereabouts.
8. You and I have done my best in the examination.
9. He was much more surprised than me to see the dancing girl coming towards us.
10. Everybody who was working in that office gave a day’s pay as their contributions to the dependants of Dr. Sonu who had died on duty.
use 'his' in place of 'their'. everybody is singular pronoun.
11. The articles published in this magazine are better than that magazine.
use 'those published in that magazine' in place of 'that magazine'.
12. The Principal ordered the peon to let the boys and I go in.
use 'me' in place of 'I'. we use objective case after 'let'.
13. Your are the same problems as mine.
use 'yours' in place of 'your'
14. He lent me some money on the condition that I should return the same before November.
use 'it' in place of 'the same' beacuse 'the same' is used as an adjective with a noun.
15. I ordered some books on English Grammar but none has arrived yet.
sentence is grammatically correct