2018 · 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) When I asked the guest b) what she would like to drink c) she replied that she preferred coffee much more than tea. d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
‘Prefer’ is followed by ‘to’, not ‘than’: ‘preferred coffee to tea’. ‘Much more’ is also redundant with ‘prefer’, but the preposition is the clear error. Parts (a) and (b) are fine. Hence the error is in part (c), option (c).