ENGLISH QUIZ ( RULES AND EXAMPLES OF SPOTTING ERRORS ********************************************************************************** 1. When a pronoun comes after ‘like ‘ and ‘ unlike ‘ it takes an objective case. Example: 1. (i) A man like I will not do it. ( Incorrect ) ( ii) A man like me will not do it. ( Correct) 2. A pronoun takes an objective case after ‘let’. Example : 1. ( i ) Let I do it. ( Incorrect) ( ii) Let me do it. ( Correct) 3. Pronouns joined by ‘and ‘ remain in the same case. Example : 1. (i) He and her are brother and sister. ( Incorrect) ( ii) He and she are brother and sister. (Correct) 2 ( i) He and me are friends. ( Incorrect) (ii) He and I are friends. ( Correct) 4. When pronouns of second person and third person are used as subjects, the pronoun following them will be according to the second person pronoun. Example: 1. ( i) You and he must bring his books ( Incorrect) ( ii) You and he must bring your books. ( Correct) 5. When pronouns of second person and first person are used as subjects, the pronoun following them will be first person plural form. Example: 1. (i) You and I must finish your work in time. ( Incorrect) (ii) You and I must finish our work in time. ( Correct) 6. The relative pronoun ‘that is used in preference to ‘who’ or ‘which after adjectives in the superlative degree. Example: 1. (i) The wisest man who ever lived made mistakes. ( Incorrect) (ii) The wisest man that ever lived made mistakes ( Correct) 2. (i) This is the best which we can do ( Incorrect) (ii) This is the best that we can do . ( Correct) 7. When there are two antecedents, a man and an animal or two things before the relative pronoun, we should use ‘that’. Example: 1. (i) The man and his dog which passed through this road were killed. ( Incorrect) (ii) The man and his dog that passed through this road were killed. ( Correct) 8. The case of the noun or pronoun preceding or succeeding the verb ‘to be’ should be the same. Example: 1. (i) It is him who came to see us. ( Incorrect) (ii) It is he who came to see us. ( Correct) 2. It is me who caught the thief . ( Incorrect) (ii) It is I who caught the thief. ( Correct) 9. To show equality ‘as’ is used before after adjective. Example: 1. (i) I can run as fast, if not faster, than you. (Incorrect) (ii) I can run as fast as, if not faster, than you. ( Correct) 10. ‘More than one’ indicates a plural sense, but it is treated as a sort of compound of one. Thus it agrees with a singular noun and takes a singular verb. Example: 1. ( i) More than employees were killed in the accident. ( Incorrect) (ii) More than one employee was killed in the accident. ( Correct) ___________________________ Source: twitter/sansarlochan
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