2019 · Q14
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).
His appeal for funds (a) / met (b) / a poor response. (c) / No error. (d)
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AError in part (a)
- BError in part (b)
- CError in part (c)
- DNo error
Explanation
The idiom is "meet with" (to receive or experience): "His appeal for funds met with a poor response." The bare verb "met" in part (b) cannot take "a poor response" as its object in this sense. Parts (a) and (c) are grammatical. Hence (B).