2017 · Q76
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) No one knows (b) as to why he did it, (c) or who was behind his doing it. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
The phrase 'as to why' is redundant - 'as to' adds nothing to 'why'. Standard usage is simply 'No one knows why he did it'. The prepositional phrase in part (b) is the error. Hence option B.