Question

Spot the enter in the sentences and rewrite the Correct sentences. 1 Success are a walk in the dark
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Answer 1

$\textsf{\large{\underline{Correct Question}:-}}$

Spot the error in the given sentence and rewrite the correct one:-

• Success are a walk in the dark.

$\textsf{\large{\underline{Answer}:-}}$

Success is a walk in the dark.

We will replace are with 'is' as success is considered singular in English Grammar.

$\textsf{\large{\underline{Subject-Verb Agreement Rules}:-}}$

• Subjects and verbs must agree in number and persons.
• If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too.
• If the subject is plural, the verb must be plural too.
• When two subjects are joined by ‘as well as’, ‘with’, ‘in addition to’, the verb agrees with the first subject.
• When two subjects are connected by either, or, neither, nor and not only, but also,the verb agrees with the subject nearest to it.
• Nouns which are plural in form but singular in meaning usually take a singular verb.

$\textsf{\large{\underline{Some other examples}:-}}$

1. Two kilometers is a small distance.
2. Bryan loves the painting.

Answer 2

Answer:

Error Spotting Test is asked in the Verbal Ability Section of General English. The questions asked in the error spotting test have grammatical errors in them. The candidate is supposed to find the errors correctly. Generally, one question has one error. But at times there can be multiple. Despite being simple to understand, it is difficult to tackle this question without practice. However, if with sufficient practice and by using the tips given below, any candidate can ace this section. Spotting Errors in English is one of the important topics.

It is mandatory in Banks and Insurance exams including IBPS (PO, Clerk, So), SBI (PO, CLERK) and other exams like SSC, CDS, RRB and Defence Exams. Therefore, we are here to give you General Tips for Spotting Errors in English which can come in handy in various Government & Banking Exams. Our sentence is made up of words and each word is a part of speech, so to identify an error in a sentence, we should have a good understanding of parts of speech.