Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 39)
Directions to Solve

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. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).


39.

(solve as per the direction given above)

The thief broke in the
house at the
dead of night
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The thief broke into the
Discussion:
18 comments Page 2 of 2.

Monika said:   9 years ago
The sentence should be "The thief broke into the house in the dead of night".

Pradip Banerjee said:   1 decade ago
'Break in' and 'Break into' are the same. There is no error in the sentence.

Rohit jindal said:   1 decade ago
In is used for static sentence and into is used for dynamic sentence.

Sudip said:   1 decade ago
@Rohit.

What is the meaning of 'static' & 'dynamic' sentence?

Raju said:   10 years ago
(break in) to the house.

"break in" is a phrase.

Vertika said:   1 decade ago
"the night" should be used.

Sravani said:   7 years ago
Thank you for the explanation @Puja.
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Poonam said:   1 decade ago
In the dead of 'the' night as well?


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