Direction: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have…
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Direction: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If there is no error select option D as your answer.
The government employees (A)/ went doors to doors in a (B)/ village to fetch some data. (C)/ No error (D)
- A.
A
- B.
B
- C.
C
- D.
D
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Correct answer: B
Explanation:
The error is in the phrase "went doors to doors." The idiomatic and correct expression is "door to door" (singular "door").
Use either "went door to door" or "went from door to door." When the phrase modifies a noun, hyphenate it as an adjective: "door-to-door survey."
Corrected sentence: The government employees went door to door in a village to fetch some data.
Other parts of the sentence are fine: "The government employees" is correctly formed, and "in a village to fetch some data" is acceptable ("data" can be treated as an uncountable noun here).
Therefore, the incorrect segment is the phrase written as "went doors to doors," which should be replaced with "went door to door."