2019 · Q11
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled as (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).
Except for few days (a) / in a year during the monsoon (b) / the river cannot flow on its own. (c) / No error. (d)
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AError in part (a)
- BError in part (b)
- CError in part (c)
- DNo error
Explanation
Part (a) violates the article rule: "few" in the affirmative sense of "a small number" requires the indefinite article — "Except for a few days". Without it, "few days" would mean "hardly any days", contradicting the sentence. Parts (b) and (c) are grammatical. Hence (A).