Error Detection Rules in English Grammar Explain In Simple Way

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Error Detection Rules in English Grammar

(For Competitive Exams)

Error detection में आपको एक sentence दिया जाता है, और आपको उसमें grammar की गलती ढूँढकर सही करना होता है।
इसमें ज़्यादातर गलती subject-verb agreement, tense, article, preposition, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction आदि में होती है।

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1. Subject-Verb Agreement Rule

• Singular subject → singular verb
• Plural subject → plural verb

✅ Example: He goes to school. (not go)

❌ Wrong: The boys plays cricket.
✅ Correct: The boys play cricket.

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2. Tense Consistency Rule

• एक sentence में tense का form एक जैसा होना चाहिए।

❌ Wrong: He was going to market and buys some fruits.
✅ Correct: He was going to market and bought some fruits.

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3. Article Usage Rule (a, an, the)

• 'a' → consonant sound से पहले
• 'an' → vowel sound से पहले
• 'the' → specific या unique चीज़ के लिए

❌ Wrong: She is an honest girl. (✔ सही)
❌ Wrong: Sun rises in east.
✅ Correct: The Sun rises in the east.

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4. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

• Pronoun का number और gender उसके noun से match होना चाहिए।

❌ Wrong: Every boy must bring their book.
✅ Correct: Every boy must bring his book.

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5. Double Negative Avoid Rule

• एक sentence में दो negative words का use गलत है।

❌ Wrong: I don’t know nothing.
✅ Correct: I don’t know anything.

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6. Adjective vs. Adverb Usage

• Adjective → noun/pronoun describe करता है
• Adverb → verb/adjective/adverb describe करता है

❌ Wrong: She sings beautiful.
✅ Correct: She sings beautifully.

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7. Parallelism Rule

• Series में समान grammatical structure होना चाहिए।

❌ Wrong: He likes reading, to swim, and playing cricket.
✅ Correct: He likes reading, swimming, and playing cricket.

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8. Preposition Usage Rule

• Preposition हमेशा noun/pronoun के पहले आता है।

❌ Wrong: He discussed about the problem.
✅ Correct: He discussed the problem.

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9. Comparison Rule

• Comparative degree के साथ "than" और superlative degree के साथ "the" आता है।

❌ Wrong: She is more intelligent than any girl in the class.
✅ Correct: She is more intelligent than any other girl in the class.

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10. Redundancy (Extra Words) Avoid Rule

• Extra/unnecessary words का use गलत है।

❌ Wrong: He returned back from Delhi.
✅ Correct: He returned from Delhi.

Error Detection Practice Questions

(Find the part of the sentence that contains an error)

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1. He don’t know the answer to this question.
2. She have been working here for five years.
3. Each of the players are wearing a white jersey.
4. The man which came here is my uncle.
5. He is senior than me in this office.
6. The news are very surprising.
7. She sings very sweet.
8. Neither of the boys have done their homework.
9. The teacher as well as the students are present.
10. She prefers tea than coffee.
11. One of my friend is going to Delhi.
12. He did not wrote the letter yesterday.
13. He is married with a doctor.
14. She is more clever than any girl in the class.
15. This is the most unique painting in the gallery.
16. The police is investigating the case.
17. They discussed about the project in detail.
18. If I will get money, I will buy a car.
19. He returned back from the USA last month.
20. My father is working in the bank since 2010.

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Answers with Explanations

1. don’t → doesn’t (singular subject ‘He’ with singular verb)

2. have → has (singular subject ‘She’ with singular verb)

3. are → is (‘Each’ is singular)

4. which → who (person के लिए ‘who’ use होता है)

5. senior than → senior to (‘senior/junior/superior/inferior’ के साथ ‘to’ आता है)

6. are → is (‘news’ is singular)

7. sweet → sweetly (adverb needed)

8. have → has (‘Neither’ is singular)

9. are → is (subject is singular: ‘The teacher as well as the students’)

10. than → to (‘prefer’ के बाद ‘to’ आता है)

11. friend → friends (‘one of my’ के बाद plural noun)

12. wrote → write (‘did’ के साथ verb base form)

13. with → to (‘married to’ सही है)

14. any girl → any other girl (comparative degree rule)

15. most unique → unique (‘unique’ का comparative/superlative form नहीं होता)

16. is → are (‘police’ is plural)

17. about (remove; ‘discuss’ के साथ preposition नहीं लगता)

18. will get → get (if clause में present tense + future tense)

19. back (remove redundancy)

20. is working → has been working (since/for के साथ present perfect continuous tense)

Exam Tip

• पहले subject और verb को identify करें
• Tense check करें
• Articles, pronouns, और prepositions पर ध्यान दें
• Extra words हटाएँ
• Sentence का meaning पढ़कर sense बनना चाहिए