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afternoon. Instead of ring him, use ring him up. It is just a better use of preposition.
that / employed in the past / With words like superior / inferior / junior we have to use preposition TO and not than. However, with other words of comparison you can use than.
was a rush / in the counter/ In the first part use : no sooner did the news appear in the paper ....
began, use any of the following : had begun (as per past perfect tense, when there are two events, put had with the event which starts earler. )
Instead of hanged, use Hung. Hanged is used for killing a person by hanging him.
myself as enjoy is a transitive verb and it requires an object. There is no object with enjoy here, thus it is grammatically incorrect.
10. The major / along with / his friends / were killed in the
field/. The subject of this sentence is Major, which is singular. Thus we have to use WAS Instead of WERE.
comparison has been made between Ram's salary and shyam (how can you compare a salary and a person). So instead of Shyam, use : Shyam's salary or just use Shyam's
use warmer. Here we are comparing the temperatures of two times, so we have to use comparitive word.
17. Only three- fourths of the work are complete and we are
left with no time. Use is instead of are. The subject is work, not forths
18. The three last chapters of this book are very interesting.
Use the last three chapters instead of the three last chapters.
19. More than two boys was present in the class. More than
retire in April next year. Dont use will for this type of sentences (which shows conditions as future events dont use will / shall) use as he retires in April next year.
Remove due to OR remove the reason of (dont use due to with the reason of as both convey same meanings).
parts of the country. Instead of prices, use price. Instead of considerably varies, use varies considerably. Considerably is an adverb and should be used after the verb for which it is being used.
28. Jyoti is smarter than anybody in her class. Use else after
anybody or convert it to superlative sentence. Jyoti is the smartest person in her class.
college. Instead of very tall, use the tallest. In this type of sentence, if you use superlative, both the adjectives should be superlative. Or instead of the strongest, use strong.
sentence is in the past tense, so dont use spend. Instead of spend, use : would spend or spent
31. Up to the time the last vote was recorded, it was difficult
to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party or the opposition Instead of lay, use lied remember the formats of lie and lay Lay : lay, laid laid lie : lie lay lain lay = to put lie = to rest here we will use lie as an infinitive not as verb
unselfish and work for others We should always side with those who are true and unselfish and work for others
thouroughly. Here it has been used for mixture, but it is coming just after child, thus it seems that child has to be shaked. So correct it : Before giving to the child the mixture, shake it thouroughly.
34. The short story should not exceed more than two
hundred words. Dont use more than exceeds itself means more than, so there is no need of more than or instead of exceed use be of
36. Page after Page of Gita were read and it gave great
consolation to his mind. Instead of were, use was. Page is singular so use was instead of were.
38. I will now deal with him in a manner different from the
one I have adopted so far. Instead of I have adopted so far, use : I have been adopting so far (to show continuation).