Question

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(a) He returned the purse/ (b) though he could keep/ (c) it very easily./ (d) No error
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English for General Competition​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) He returned the purse/ (b) though he could keep/ (c) it very easily./ (d) No error

Error is in part (b)

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Correction :

He returned the purse though he could have kept it very easily.

Rule :

Whenever there is probability, possibility or ability to doing something in past. But it didn't happen and it's all hypothetical, then we use Could have + Past participle.

Few examples —

1. I could have stayed up late, but I decided to go to bed early.

2. Julie could have bought the book, but she borrowed it from the library instead.

In the same way could have + V3 was missing in the above sentence in part (b), that's why error was in that part only.

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How to solve error detection?

• To solve error detection, one must've complete knowledge of grammar.
• Questions are divided into 4 or 5 parts, Last part is No error but other parts include sentence.
• Try to find error in the given parts, if any & Select it.
• If there is no error, then choose last part No error.