New Upcoming Legal Jobs Free Workshop March 11 at 5 PM. Register here

    Question

    In the sentence, identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If the sentence contains no error, then choose ‘No error’.

    We had taken great pain to check the structural

    soundness of the coachwork.
    A We had taken Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B great pain to Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C check the structural Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D soundness of the coachwork Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The grammatical error of the sentence is in option B. The meaning of a few nouns in plural form is different from their meaning in the singular form. ‘Pain’ is such a word. ‘Pains’ means ‘great care or trouble’ while ‘pain’ means highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury. Here, someone had been involved in trouble or we can say, someone had taken a difficult responsibility to check something. Thus, replace “pain” with “pains” to make the sentence grammatically correct. Correct sentence: We had taken great pains to check the structural soundness of the coachwork.

    Practice Next

    Relevant for Exams: