Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 26)
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).
26.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
He couldn't help
Discussion:
26 comments Page 2 of 3.
Kavya said:
1 decade ago
Can anyone explain the meaning of the sentence?
Sravani said:
1 decade ago
Am not getting the meaning of this sentence, can any one explain?
Kartik said:
10 years ago
Why are we not using "the devastating cyclone"?
Himanshi said:
9 years ago
He couldn't help shedding tears at the plight of the villagers "rendered/rendering/render" homeless by a devastating cyclone.
Naveed akhtar said:
8 years ago
Couldn't help means could not live without. If we use couldn't help but it will mean that one couldn't live without but. And in one sentence no need of two negative thoughts so just neglect "but".
Pushpita Deb Roy said:
8 years ago
'He couldn't help but' is the correct answer no doubt but shouldn't it be 'shed' instead of 'shedding'?
Abhishek Srivastava said:
8 years ago
Could anyone tell the meaning for me?
Aadhii said:
8 years ago
Option A is correct. He couldn't help. It gives the answer to "what he couldn't". After that (but) the reason or what he could.
Pranajit said:
8 years ago
The correct way of using "couldn't help/couldn't but". It means one can't-do without. Please remember "but" here is not a conjunction rather a preposition meaning"except/save". As "help" takes gerund after it so the sentence becomes "couldn't help shedding tears. ". Used with but ("but" is followed by a bare infinitive) the sentence becomes " couldn't but shed".
**** "but" & "help" can't be used together.
@Abhishek.
It means that there was nothing else for him except crying.
**** "but" & "help" can't be used together.
@Abhishek.
It means that there was nothing else for him except crying.
(1)
Harshita said:
7 years ago
It should be ' he couldn't help but shed tears'.
(2)
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