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)

An Indian ship
laden with merchandise
got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
sank in the Pacific Ocean
Discussion:
129 comments Page 6 of 13.

SREEJITH said:   9 years ago
Can it be "got drown into the Pacific Ocean"?

Shah utsav said:   9 years ago
C is the correct answer. I agree.

Ram said:   9 years ago
Thanks for all your explanation.

Rashmi said:   9 years ago
Drown is used where when we are talking about living bodies. Drown means someone is suffocating underwater and dies.

As a living bodies cannot sink same as a non-living bodies cannot drown.

So, I thing "C" is the correct option.

Mahesh said:   9 years ago
Thank you all for explaining this.

Chaitra said:   9 years ago
Thank you for all your valuable ideas and clarifying the small doubts.

Mojes said:   9 years ago
If two past tenses in a word is wrong then, is "I got placed in a company" correct? Please tell me.

Senthil kumar said:   9 years ago
Thank for all your ideas.

Manikumar said:   9 years ago
Yes, correct point agree @Somnath.

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).


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