Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 17)
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).
17.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
'They had been'
Discussion:
50 comments Page 2 of 5.
Ryan_S said:
7 years ago
The Answer is A.
Here 2 past event is described. If there were 2 past event then the previous event is in past indefinite and the more previous event is in the past perfect.
Here 2 past event is described. If there were 2 past event then the previous event is in past indefinite and the more previous event is in the past perfect.
Sushant said:
9 years ago
Its also correct but the sentence contains the use of have so had is more appropriate for this sentence but '"they were'" is also correct according to me.
Meet Vora said:
1 decade ago
@DEJI
No this sentence is right bcoz u r still doing that work until u got.. So it's continue past tense so it is right to put have instead of had....
No this sentence is right bcoz u r still doing that work until u got.. So it's continue past tense so it is right to put have instead of had....
Rajendra said:
7 years ago
Had been because we are talking about one action that happened before another action that already happened. So it will past perfect.
(1)
Sarthak said:
1 decade ago
We can use "have been" when we replace quarreled by quarrel. So the answer" c " might be correct. Now the sentence is in present.
Sushri said:
1 decade ago
Why have been is wrong here, can any one explain me?
And.
I have been doing this work, since I got in. It is correct or not?
And.
I have been doing this work, since I got in. It is correct or not?
Sahil anand said:
8 years ago
The both seems to be correct, but since the action "quarrelled" happened in the past so it's better to use past perfect.
Vimal K said:
8 years ago
I agree that ' had been ' should be used as there is ' quarreled ' but why can't we change ' quarreled' to 'quarrel'.
Mahashweta Saha said:
4 years ago
Instead of using "had been", "were" could also work in this sentence. That's what I think. Correct me if I'm wrong.
(4)
Karthik said:
1 decade ago
We can also say the answer is "C"
"They have been very close friends until they quarrell."
"They have been very close friends until they quarrell."
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