CORRECTION OF ERRORS i. Wrong position of words. 1) Akbar ruled his kingdom wisely. 2) Akbar ruled wisely his kingdom. ii. Modes of asking questions. 1) How does the servant do his work? 2) How the servant does his work? 1) When do you get vacation in our college? 2) When you get vacation in your college? iii. Mistakes from transgressing grammatical rules. 1) The rivers overflow their banks. 2) The rivers overflows their banks. 1) Neither these two verbs takes an object. 2) Neither of those two verbs take an object. iv. Wrong use of the genitive case. 1) Where is the envelope of this letter? 2) Where is the letter’s envelope? 1) The wall of my garden is broken down. 2) My garden’s wall is broken down. v. Mistakes with adjectives of comparison much, very, too. 1) It is very cold today. 2) It is much cold today. 1) To govern a country well is a very difficult task. 2) To govern a country well is a much difficult task. vi. On verbs present perfect/pluperfect tense 1) Sati was abolished in 1829. 2) Sati has been abolished in 1829. 1) I arrived half an hour ago. 2) I have arrived half an hour ago. 1) He had slept two hours when I awoke him. 2) He slept two hours when I awoke him. vii. On sequence of tenses. 1) I thought he loved me. 2) I thought he loves me. 1) My friend said that he would surely come. 2) My friend said that he will surely come. viii. Wrong use of prepositions after verbs. 1) We should thank God for all his goodness to us. 2) We should thank to supernatural being for all his goodness to us. 1) When he reaches manhood he will visit England. 2) When he reaches to manhood, he will visit England. ix. On expression of time. 1) The tide has been ebbing for the last two hours. 2) The tide has been ebbing since the last two hours. 1) The minister went to Poona a week ago. 2) The minister went to pone a week before.
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