Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

"a pain" is not right. So, I think it should be option B.

It should be 'pain in his chest'. Right?

Is 'he is not comming' correct?

I hope' he will not come ' is correct.

It's option B; Because he has pain.

In my opinion, there is NO ERROR in this sentence, for the following reasons :

1. In the First Segment of the sentence (He is not coming tomorrow ), Present Continuous Tense has been used to describe a Future Action. This is an accepted practice in English Grammar. Present Continuous Tense can be used to describe a certain or confirmed Future Action.

2. When "have" is used to convey the meaning of possession, in the Present Continuous Tense, we don't use the "is having" form. Plain "have" or "has" itself will serve the purpose. However, when "have" is used to convey the meaning of "suffering from any diseae or disorder", then we have to use the Present Participle, "having" with the appropriate "be" verb in front of it. So the Second Segment of the sentence, "he is having a pain in the chest" is also grammatically correct. "Pain" can be used both as a variable noun and an uncountable noun.

3. Taking the Second Segment and the Third Segment of the Sentence together, we have to treat them as a Compound Sentence which has to be linked to the First Segment of the sentence, with the help of the Subordinating Conjunction "as". If the First Segment of the sentence had not been there, then the Second Segment and the Third Segment would have combined to form a Complex Sentence like: " as he is having a pain in the chest, he has to see a doctor".

However, the presence of the First Segment of the sentence makes the subsequent part of the sentence into a Compound Sentence, and the usage of the Coordinating Conjunction "and" confirms it.

In a Compound Sentence, the same Subject Noun or Pronoun need not be repeated in the second part of the sentence. So the Third Segment, "and has to see a doctor". is also grammatically in order.

@Ameer Ali.

Having can not be used before any suffering expect heart attack and stroke. Having can neither be used for possession nor for usual suffering rather it is majorly used for the activity of eating in case it is used as a verb. Although I have my lunch in the afternoon will also be correct.

I think B should be incorrect due to incorrect usage of having and having had to be replaced with has. It should be "he has a pain in the chest".

Here there are two statements in the sentence.

1. He is not coming tomorrow as he is having a pain in the chest.
And
2. He has to see a doctor.

Here "And" is used as a connector so,
After and he must be there to start the second statement.
And we used he 3 times that's not a matter.
Because;
1.he- is used as the pronoun to represent a person.
2.he - is used as a reasonal helping pronoun for as.
3.he - is used to start second statement after connector AND.

According to me, the sentence has no error.

B should be the answer as there is only one type of pain and as it is mentioned chest pain so no need of writing 'the' before chest pain.

He is not coming tomorrow as he has pain in the chest and has to see a doctor.