Directions : In the following items similar sounding words are given, followed by sentences wherein these words has been used, and underlined. You are required to identify those sentences in which these words have been used most appropriately and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
**Weather, Whether, Whither**
- 1**Weather** permitting, we’ll have the gathering outside.
- 2**Whether** conditions are likely to improve by Thursday.
- 3They didn’t know **whither** they should go. In which of the sentences given above have the underlined words been used correctly?
- A2 and 3 only
- B1 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Sentence 1 is correct: “weather” (atmospheric conditions) is rightly used in the absolute phrase “Weather permitting”. Sentence 2 is wrong because it needs the noun “weather” (“weather conditions”), not the conjunction “Whether”, which introduces alternatives. Sentence 3 is correct: “whither” is the archaic interrogative adverb meaning “to what place”. Only sentences 1 and 3 use the words correctly, so the answer is (c).