29. Correct the following sentences :
(a) Each of them are eligible for the post.
(b) A man is known with the company he keeps.
(c) It is raining since last Sunday. Please answer
Answers
Below are given the correct sentences.
Explanation:
Wrong sentence:
(a) Each of them are eligible for the post.
Correct sentence:
Each of them is eligible for the post.
This sentence is referring to the each singular or individual person. Therefore it will be followed by helping verb "is" instead of are.
Wrong sentence:
(b) A man is known with the company he keeps.
Correct sentence:
A man is known by the company he keeps.
This sentence shows the possessive case and is followed by preposition "by"
Wrong sentence:
(c) It is raining since last Sunday.
Correct sentence:
It has been raining since Sunday.
Since this sentence has uncertain time period in it and is also a present perfect continuous sentence therefore has been will be used.
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Answer:
(a) Each of them is eligible for the post.
(b) A man is known by the company he keeps.
(c) It has been raining since Sunday.
Additional information:
✭ Before correcting the error statement/question - check the grammatical mistakes in the error sentences.
✭ Check that the sentence is meaningful.
✭ Read the jumbled sentences and create a meaningful sentences.
✭ Add capital letter, full stop, question mark, exclamatory marks according to the type of sentences.
✭ Check the tenses in the sentence, add the suitable words for the sentence which suits the correct tense.
Examples:
✭ Didn't go he to school yesterday?
Answer:
✭ Didn't he go to the school yesterday?
Explanation:
✭ The above example shows that the tense is shown what "yesterday". Yesterday this work describes and makes the sentence "past tenses".
✭ While converting the sentence we must be careful about the tense, the questions may be in 'past tenses' or 'present tense' or 'future tense'.
Past tenses:
✭ There are few words which makes the sentence past tenses, such as "before, had done", have eaten", "yesterday", "already".
Present tenses:
✭ The words which defines about the things which is done now and there are many other sub-tenses, such as "playing", "eating", "talking", "typing".
Future tenses:
✭ There are few words which describes about the future and also the examples are "will", "maybe", "willbe/maybe", "Maybe I go to picnic next week", "I will be learning at 12th next year".
✭ There are many other things which helps to learn correct the error sentences and also making the grammatical and tense mistakes correct. ✭