Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 82)
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).


82.

(solve as per the direction given above)

Since it was his first election campaign, the candidate was confused;
none could clearly understand
either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
No answer description is available. Let's discuss.
Discussion:
21 comments Page 1 of 3.

Epilo Martin said:   3 years ago
Here, in option C, it should be Neither nor instead of either.

Correct me, if I am wrong.
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Zahid said:   3 years ago
Can we use a candidate became confused? Anyone, explain me. Please
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Ayesha said:   5 years ago
I think C is the answer because (either the principles he stood for or the benefits he promised) its sound weird also.
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Oladoye said:   5 years ago
The answer is D, @Aravind.

Nor cannot be used because they could not understand which of the situation is confusing him. If it is 'neither and nor', none of the situations is confusing him.
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Swetha said:   7 years ago
Why not Though it was his first election?
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Ayesha said:   7 years ago
Neither indicates that the two ideas are linked together. It's kind of like a negative conjunction. But if you use neither, then make sure your sentence does not have any other negatives preceding it. If you prefer to use a negative, then you want to use either.

Mayank said:   7 years ago
Neither nor should be used.
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Nikita said:   8 years ago
I think the answer is A because the candidate was confusing because it was his first time.

Vimal said:   10 years ago
I agree with the above explanation. Since the sentence is in past tense, understood will come instead of understand.

Saiteja said:   1 decade ago
Understood is the correct way. Because the sentence is in past form.


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