Question

Identify and correct the errors in the following sentences.
a. He eats a orange.
b. Shanthi prefers coffee than tea.
c. An tree is more valuable. d. Each of the cycles are damaged.
e. One of the girl is tall. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

A. He eats an orange.

B. Shanthi prefers coffee over tea.

C. A tree is more valuable.

D. Each of these cycles are damaged.

E. One of this girl is tall.

Answer 2

Identifying and correcting the errors in the following sentences :

a. He eats an orange.

b. Shanthi prefers coffee over tea.

c. A tree is more valuable.

d. Each of the cycles is damaged.

e. One of the girls is tall. ​

a. The word 'orange' starts with the vowel 'o'. Therefore,  article 'an' should be used before it, and not 'a'.

b. The word 'preferred' is always followed by the preposition 'over'.

c. The word 'tree' starts with the consonant 't'. Therefore,  article 'a' should be used before it, and not 'an'.

d. 'Each' always denotes a singular term. Hence, the usage of 'are' in the sentence is incorrect, and should be replaced with 'is'.

e. The given sentence means that one girl is tall among many girls. Therefore, one of the 'girls' is tall is the correct form of the sentence.