Question
Download Solution PDFThe following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
He was / late / for school / and punished.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe erroneous part is 'and punished'.
Key Points
- In a compound sentence, both the auxiliary verbs and main verbs should be mentioned separately if they differ in number, form or voice.
- For example:
- The criminal surrendered before the Judge and sent to prison. (incorrect)
- The criminal surrendered before the Judge and was sent to prison. (correct)
- Similarly, in this context, the auxiliary verb and the main verb should be mentioned separately. Hence, 'was' must be placed before 'punished'.
Therefore, the correct answer is: He was late for school and was punished.
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