Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Sentence ending with "a great" is incomplete.

"a great" signifies that there should be some noun after the adjective "great".

Religious books are always used along with the def. Article--- THE. All holy books have been accepted as great because they have been said or written with good intention to make people good. So there is nothing wrong in saying so. But the sentence has another error in D. It must read: The Bible can be regarded as a great religious book.

Likewise, the Koran, Bhagavat Gita, Guru Granth etc. Are great books, written to guide the people.

1. You talk about something which is not known to your listener; here, you normally don't use "the":

Eg. "I saw a bird flying in the sky".

Your listener does not have any knowledge which specific bird you saw in the sky. So you see, you use "a" before the verb.

2. You and your listener have common knowledge and a common background about the subject; here, you normally use "the":

Eg. "I saw the bird that you set free yesterday. ".

Your listener knows specifically which bird you mean, so you say, "the bird".

That is why you say, "The dog is in the box".

You mean the dog that your listeners knows/ is familiar with is in the box which is again known to him/her, for example the box that is in the yard, and your listener knows specifically.

Generally before a place or a thing or a location or a population count, we use "the".

Yes as great is an adjective, it should have some noun attached to it.

How can it be 'a great'?

How a single word bible supposed to be the right one?