Verbal Ability - Sentence Correction - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Sentence Correction - Section 1 (Q.No. 19)
Directions to Solve
Which of phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.
19.
Maria unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Rani and left the party hurried.
Discussion:
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Raj sekhar said:
1 decade ago
@nilesh:.
Dude you are wrong. You would've said "sreeja picked "up" "an" intellectual fight with likitha. Because article "a" should only be used before words starting with consonants. And picked up is a fancy term that we use which is not appropriate according to English. So the word picked is sufficient enough to support the sentence. !
Dude you are wrong. You would've said "sreeja picked "up" "an" intellectual fight with likitha. Because article "a" should only be used before words starting with consonants. And picked up is a fancy term that we use which is not appropriate according to English. So the word picked is sufficient enough to support the sentence. !
Maggi said:
1 decade ago
Pick up - lift, raise, gather, take up, grasp, uplift, hoist, collect, get, call for, go for, fetch, uplift, learn, master, acquire, improve recover etc while to Pick means provoke, start, incite. Hence, pick a quarrel is right - also as the idiom goes - pick a fight or pick a quarrel.
Nilesh said:
1 decade ago
Sreeja is rite..."up" is used not only with quarrels and fights but also at many other places...pick is rarely used alone.
- pick "up" the pen.
- pick me "up".
- sreeja picked "up" a intellectual fight with likitha... :)
- pick "up" the pen.
- pick me "up".
- sreeja picked "up" a intellectual fight with likitha... :)
Neha Yadav said:
3 years ago
When we talk about "pick up" we mean to say that to carry some tangible thing.
And when we are talking about some abstract thing then we just have to pick. As the quarrel is intangible or abstract so only pick is suitable.
And when we are talking about some abstract thing then we just have to pick. As the quarrel is intangible or abstract so only pick is suitable.
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Aman said:
1 decade ago
@Tiwana.
No, it is not necessary we can used pick with up Eg: Pick up the phone. I think picked up is correct one, because process is in simple past tense.
No, it is not necessary we can used pick with up Eg: Pick up the phone. I think picked up is correct one, because process is in simple past tense.
ILIAS PATHAN said:
9 years ago
@Maggi.
Your explanation lucidly clarifies the correct answer because an idiom goes like "pick a quarrel/fight". So option-C is undoubtedly correct.
Your explanation lucidly clarifies the correct answer because an idiom goes like "pick a quarrel/fight". So option-C is undoubtedly correct.
Ankit said:
1 decade ago
Pick up is to improve or becoming better in something.
While pick is to choose or taking some decision, so pick is the appropriate option!
While pick is to choose or taking some decision, so pick is the appropriate option!
Jeevan said:
1 decade ago
@Maggi.
Maggi is correct. But the idiom she is talking about is "pick a bone with", which means enter into a dispute or controversy with.
Maggi is correct. But the idiom she is talking about is "pick a bone with", which means enter into a dispute or controversy with.
Gurdeep Singh Tiwana said:
1 decade ago
'picked' and 'up' never comes together. 'picked' simply means 'up', so there is no need to use 'up' with 'picked'.
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Dasunx said:
8 years ago
"pick a quarrel "Also, pick an argument or fight. Seek an opportunity to quarrel or argue with someone.
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