2017 · Q80
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).
The old widower, (a) living in remittances from his sons, (b) could not make both ends meet. (c) No error. (d)
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d)
Explanation
The intended meaning is subsistence - living off an income - whose idiom is 'live on', not 'live in' ('live in' means reside in). 'Living in remittances' in part (b) is therefore wrong; it should be 'living on remittances'. Hence option B.