2012 · Q41
Directions (For the following 20 items) :
Each question in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your answer in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e. (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your answer should be indicated as (d).
(a) The parties disagreed (b) on the two first clauses (c) in the agreement. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AThe parties disagreed
- Bon the two first clauses
- Cin the agreement.
- DNo error.
Explanation
The error is in part (b): ordinal adjectives precede cardinal numbers — 'the first two clauses'.