Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 2)
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).
2.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
sank in the Pacific Ocean
Discussion:
129 comments Page 3 of 13.
Abhijit priyadarshan said:
10 years ago
Drowned means suffocating under water or may be trying to get to the surface for oxygen but sinking means displacing the volume of water by the volume of the object.
Rohit said:
2 years ago
The words sink and drown have the same meaning but different usage.
Sink-sank-sunk is used for non-living things.
Drown-drowned-drowned is used for living things.
Sink-sank-sunk is used for non-living things.
Drown-drowned-drowned is used for living things.
(191)
Vivek said:
1 decade ago
I think by using "got drowned" a person must be involved in doing it. But no persons or things were involved in drowning a ship. . So that may be the fault in it.
Somnath said:
9 years ago
Whenever the question will be of regarding any "boat "or "ship ", it must be -sink, never drown or anything else. (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary).
Swati said:
10 years ago
Drowned is for living things and someone says we can't use double past tense in one sentence. But what if we write "got sank" instead "got drowned"?
Jagruti Sarode said:
3 years ago
The correct sentence is "The Indian ship laden with merchandise got drowned in the Pacific Ocean" it should be "The Indian Ship" not "An Indian".
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Vaibhav Limkar said:
10 months ago
The Verb "sank" and drowned" in the same in meaning but usage is different.
Sank = used for non-living things.
Drowned = used for living things.
Sank = used for non-living things.
Drowned = used for living things.
(107)
Anand said:
1 decade ago
"got drowned " consecutive past form of the verb .
also mention by Sasmita.Double past tense in the same sentence is not correct.
also mention by Sasmita.Double past tense in the same sentence is not correct.
Shruthi.G.K. said:
1 decade ago
"An indian ship laden with merchandise drowned in the Pacific ocean..." can anyone tell me whether this statement is correct..?
Sri ram prasad said:
9 years ago
An Indian ship laden with merchandise drowned in the Pacific ocean. "It means an Indian ship loaded with good sank in the Pacific Ocean.
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