Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 32)
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).
32.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
in doing it
Discussion:
34 comments Page 1 of 4.
Vishal choudhary said:
9 years ago
Persist in used with prepositions 'in' and 'with' (not always) and not with 'to'. So we use either persisted in or persisted with.
Now,
Persist in = to do something repeatedly without any intention to stop it.
Persist with = to continue the state of something.
(I got this after searching on google and referring to some standard foreign authors book) :)
Now,
Persist in = to do something repeatedly without any intention to stop it.
Persist with = to continue the state of something.
(I got this after searching on google and referring to some standard foreign authors book) :)
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Alphin said:
1 decade ago
Persisted should be followed by in/on. In this case, I feel on would have been a better usage as "to do" is a work associated term.
"He persisted on playing"-not in.
"He persisted on playing the guitar"-not in.
Open to debate.
"He persisted on playing"-not in.
"He persisted on playing the guitar"-not in.
Open to debate.
Vertika said:
1 decade ago
Yes, the sentence can be written as " Inspite of my advice, he persisted to do it". But the original sentence is not sounding good with "to do it".
Sujit said:
9 years ago
To do it is not incorrect but the correct form should be doing it as persisted defines here habit so, it is necessary to add ing in verb "DO".
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Debajyoti said:
1 decade ago
Persist, insist such type of words is always followed by gerund verb+ing so it should be in doing as persist takes the preposition in.
Santosh kumar said:
1 decade ago
To do and doing both are giving the same sense (gerund). We can use one of them. So the above sentence is right way.
Tarun Samanta said:
5 years ago
When the structure of the sentence is.
Subject + verb then use gerund form after the verb instead of infinity form.
Subject + verb then use gerund form after the verb instead of infinity form.
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Pintu Mondal said:
1 decade ago
@Alphin, Persisted could be followed by to/in/on/with etc. So your point may not be valid if this point is correct.
Hema said:
1 decade ago
There is no error. The sentence can be written as " Inspite of my advice, he persisted to do it"
Jamshaid said:
3 years ago
(A) "insisted" is the right word in this context when someone is stubborn and ignoring other's advice.
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