Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 19)
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).
19.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
to defend the hard-won
Discussion:
56 comments Page 1 of 6.
Boopathi R.M.R. said:
1 decade ago
"Citizen" is a common noun referring to both male and female. It is not a neuter gender. B is the right answer because "hardly" in English gives negative sense. If one says "I work hardly", it means the person does not work. The word "hard" gives the positive / affirmative meaning. "Every citizen" is a singular subject, which needs a singular pronoun --- his or her.
Sundar said:
1 decade ago
Hardly (Adverb)
1. Only a very short time before (eg. we hardly knew them)
2. Almost not (eg. he hardly ever goes fishing; he was hardly more than sixteen years old)
Hard (Adjective)
1. Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (eg. why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?)
1. Only a very short time before (eg. we hardly knew them)
2. Almost not (eg. he hardly ever goes fishing; he was hardly more than sixteen years old)
Hard (Adjective)
1. Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (eg. why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?)
Naveen said:
4 years ago
Hard is used in the phrase Working Hard to indicate that a person is working a lot. In this case, "hard" is an adverb that tells us that the person working is focused and doing a good job. Hardly Working indicates that the person is doing almost nothing! "Hardly" is used as an adverb to mean almost not at all. Hope you got it.
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Vertika said:
1 decade ago
@raj and @sonu
Yes its correct that "citizen" is a neutral gender but "his" is used when we say something in general. and "its" is never used in case of human beings. "its" is used for animals like.... This is a cat. It's colour is brown. Got it?
Yes its correct that "citizen" is a neutral gender but "his" is used when we say something in general. and "its" is never used in case of human beings. "its" is used for animals like.... This is a cat. It's colour is brown. Got it?
Ashish said:
8 years ago
"It is the duty of every citizen to do his utmost".
When gender is not mentioned for the noun, one should always use the pronoun 'he'. Preference is always given for the male pronouns when the Gender of the Noun is not mentioned in the sentence.
When gender is not mentioned for the noun, one should always use the pronoun 'he'. Preference is always given for the male pronouns when the Gender of the Noun is not mentioned in the sentence.
Inm said:
9 years ago
There is no word like "hardly-won" but "hard-won" exist in the dictionary, which is an adjective.
According to Cambridge dictionary:
If something is hard-won, it was only achieved after a lot of effort.
Example: A hard-won battle.
According to Cambridge dictionary:
If something is hard-won, it was only achieved after a lot of effort.
Example: A hard-won battle.
Roma said:
1 decade ago
I remember just a glimpse that we used to separate word means which word is masculinity or femininity don't know exactly but it was there really so maybe citizen is a masculine word so his may have been used.
Samudhata said:
8 years ago
When gender is not mentioned, here citizen, we can use her, his or both (his or her) but when we write like this, it appears poor constructions so it is advisable to rewrite the sentence.
Divi said:
8 years ago
They are natural genders, In English we don't use gender pronouns like in French but we address soft and natural things for example for motherland, ship and nature we use feminine terms.
Udita said:
12 months ago
Option A also can be wrong in that it says every citizen must do his utmost. Instead of "to do his utmost" it is "to do their utmost".
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