Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

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.

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.

@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".

1. He is not coming tomorrow, is correct because present continue. Is used for near future.

2. As he has a chest pain is correct instead of [B]. As he is having a pain in the chest.

3. [C] and has to see a doctor. Is correct because no need to write HE again.

Thus B is the answer.

We know that antecedent and pronoun should be appropriate. It should not be ambiguous.

Here we are speaking about the third person in 1st and 2nd part of the sentence but in third part who needs to go to the doctor?Whether the speaker or third person. So third party is wrong.

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

I think this should be the correct answer as we use having for eating or for being pregnant (having a baby). Other than this, having should only be used with verb+ed. (e.g. having received).

Above two options are correct, But the error given by you is ambiguous. He is having a pain and he has to see the doctor. Here he is common between the two sentences. Then is not correct to take it common. He is having a pain so he has to see the doctor could be correct.

He is not coming tomorrow since / because(in place of 'as') he is having a pain in the chest and has to see ... It is obvious that he will see the doctor, not me, eh? Therefor the third 'he' in a single sentence is unnecessary.

Here the right answer should be b as.

Sentence given to us - as he is having 'a' pain in his chest.

Hence the correct answer won't have an 'a' as it can't be used before pain.

(as he is having pain in his chest).

'and' is a conjunction which separates the two sentences.

Here, in the sentence following 'and' subject is missing so the complete sentence should be he has to see a doctor.

I hope I justified my point.