2018 · Q47
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) I did not want to listen to him, b) but he was adamant and c) discussed about the matter d) No error.
EnglishSpotting Errors
- A(a)
- B(b)
- C(c)
- D(d) No error
Explanation
‘Discuss’ is transitive and takes no preposition: ‘discussed the matter’. The ‘about’ in part (c) is therefore incorrect. Parts (a) and (b) are correct. Hence the error is in part (c), option (c).