Question

Pick the error and write the correct sentence.​

Answer 1

1) My friend uses a social media.

Error word : a

Correct : the ( or nothing)

*but is is better to place no words here.

How?

→As social media is a proper noun , we can't use the determiner "a" here.

2) She mostly uses a Facebook

Error word : a

Correct : (nothing) , place no determiner

How?

→As Facebook is a proper noun, we shouldn't use any determiner to determine it.

3) She just posted the information.

Error word : the

Correct : a

How?

→As the given sentence, doesn't determine the sentence is a proper noun. We used here "a".

4) It was about the upcoming event.

Error: the

Correct: a

How?

→We should use "a" to determine common noun.

5) A event is very interesting.

Error word : A

Correct: the

How?

→ As in the given sentence, the noun is a proper noun. We can't use "a" to determine a proper noun. So, we should used "the".

6) I want to be the part of it.

Error word: the

Correct: a

How?

→ As for this sentence, we should use "a" because the noun of this sentence is a common noun.

7) So I responded giving the like.

Error word: the

Correct: a

How?

→ "like" is a common noun, so it should be determine with "a".

8) Another post about a meeting was very interesting .

Error word : a

Correct : the

How?

→ The nouns here in these sentence are proper noun, so we should insert here" the".

9) Most of my friends enjoy a meet.

Error word: a

Correct : the

How?

→ In this given sentence , the noun here is proper noun, so we insert here "the".

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• " a" & "an" is used to determine common nouns .
• "the" is used to determine proper noun.