GATE ME 2015 Set 1 — Question 6
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In the following sentence certain parts are underlined and marked P, Q, and R. One of the parts may contain certain error or may not be acceptable in standard written communication. Select the part containing an error. Choose D as your answer if there is no error.The student corrected all the errors that the instructor marked on the answer book.
Correct answer
(B) Q
Solution
The sentence describes two actions that occurred in the past: the instructor marking the errors and the student correcting them. In English grammar, when two actions happen at different times in the past, the earlier action should be expressed in the past perfect tense (). Since the marking happened before the correction, part Q should be "that the instructor had marked". Therefore, part Q contains the error.
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