Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 81)
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).


81.

(solve as per the direction given above)

The police broke upon the robbers
when they were in the lonely place
to divide their booty.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The police came upon the robbers
Discussion:
15 comments Page 2 of 2.

PD Chaudhary said:   9 years ago
'broke upon' has the same meaning as 'came upon'.

Gaurav said:   9 years ago
The answer is wrong, Please Refer this;

The police broke upon the robbers and arrested them.

Sumaira said:   9 years ago
Came upon is a phrase which means to find someone, so here police came upon the robbers.

Prashanthi said:   7 years ago
If we use broke then we have to write "broke into".

Because "broke into" is a phrase.

I agree with @Sumaira.
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Sowjanya said:   7 years ago
The lonely place?

The is used when you know the exact place, so the lonely place is wrong, a lonely place is correct. Came upon, broke upon are phrases, so it's good to use any of those two.


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