2018 · 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) You will be (b) answerable for the court with (c) any lies you have told. (d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
The faulty segment is (b), 'answerable for the court with.' Accountability to an authority takes 'to': one is 'answerable to the court.' 'Answerable for' would take the offence ('answerable for any lies'), but the court requires 'to.' Hence (b) is correct.