Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 3)
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).
3.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
'I could not put up at a hotel'
Discussion:
143 comments Page 5 of 15.
Koteswari said:
1 decade ago
In - is used for places which are big.
At - is for small locations.
Example: I did my schooling at sri sai chaitanya in guntur.
At - is for small locations.
Example: I did my schooling at sri sai chaitanya in guntur.
Monika said:
1 decade ago
India is a vast counter that gives immeasurable experiences to all visitors.
Is this sentence is correct or not? please explain.
Is this sentence is correct or not? please explain.
Shaaan said:
1 decade ago
Excuse me all,
In is used for small area and at is used for big area like hotel.
If you mentioned a room then you can used in.
In is used for small area and at is used for big area like hotel.
If you mentioned a room then you can used in.
Bhasker seethala said:
1 decade ago
I think its not much easy to judge english through comments, but can get an idea. Better by consulting top english professors.
Sarfraz ahmad said:
1 decade ago
I could not put up in the hotel(is correct). Because we don't know the name of hotel. If we know then we write "in the hotel".
Biplab said:
6 years ago
"we live in Bihar at our home town Patna ", so basically 'in' is used for a larger area and 'at' is used for a smaller area.
Ashish said:
1 decade ago
Hello Everyone,
In - is used for places which are big.
At - is for small locations.
Please consider the above rule.
In - is used for places which are big.
At - is for small locations.
Please consider the above rule.
Kaushal Singh said:
1 decade ago
@Silsila
He/she didnt stayed at a hotel... Where STAYED is a past tense thats why the word WERE is correct.........
He/she didnt stayed at a hotel... Where STAYED is a past tense thats why the word WERE is correct.........
Vaibhav said:
8 years ago
I thing we use 'put' generally for non living things. So Option A is incorrect. 'I couldn't stay' would be correct.
Kamal said:
1 decade ago
in - is used for big places. Example: We live in india.
at - is used for small places. Example: He is at school.
at - is used for small places. Example: He is at school.
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