2017 · Q45
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts, labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
(a) Emperor Ashoka (b) have conquered Kalinga (c) before he embraced Buddhism. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
The sentence describes an event completed before another past event (embracing Buddhism), which calls for the past perfect tense: 'had conquered Kalinga'. The form 'have conquered' is present perfect and cannot pair with the past-time clause in (c). Hence the error is in (b).