2019 · Q28
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).
Parents of LGBT community members (a) / are coming in (b) / with a little help from NGOs. (c) / No error. (d)
EnglishSpotting Errors
- AError in part (a)
- BError in part (b)
- CError in part (c)
- DNo error
Explanation
The phrasal verb "come in" does not fit: the parents are openly declaring support for their children, for which the idiom is "come out" (to come forward and declare openly). Part (b) should read "are coming out ... with a little help"; (a) and (c) are grammatical. Hence (B).