Question
Each question consists of four sentences and some
sentences are grammatically incorrect or inappropriate. Read each sentence to find out the error in the sentence (s) and select the option that indicates the grammatically incorrect and inappropriate sentence (s). Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any. A. Several families are left scarred as they try to cope for the loss of loved ones. B. The tragedy has highlighted the lack of emphasis in safety in the way such events are organised. C. Indeed, if there is any lesson that can be learnt from the episode, it is that such adventures should place safety above everything else, and that the government has a key role to play in evolving the protocols. D. In a country with rich landscapes and forests, the wish to briefly leave the urban life behind and take to the outdoors is but natural.Solution
A. Several families are left scarred as they try to cope with the loss of loved ones – ‘cope’ is an intransitive verb which is grammatically followed by the preposition ‘with’. B. The tragedy has highlighted the lack of emphasis on safety in the way such events are organised – we always lay an ‘emphasis’ on something.
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