Question
There was once library (A)/ in Mylapore that imposed
rules (B) / on how a reader must position a book while reading. (C) / No error. (D) Directions: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.Solution
A before LIBRARY. The lack of an article specifically indicates that the noun is indefinite. But here the noun, LIBRARY is definite, it may be one or more than one. Since, WAS is used before ONCE, it shows that single library is being talked about. Thus, A must be used.
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