Question

    Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

    After their (A)/long argument the two brothers (B)/have at last (C)/worried the hatchet (D). No error (E)

    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The correct idiom is ‘buried the hatchet’. It means ‘to stop an argument and become friends again’. After their long argument the two brothers have at last buried the hatchet.

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