Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 18)
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).
18.
(solve as per the direction given above)
Answer: Option
Explanation:
my tooth stopped aching
Discussion:
30 comments Page 1 of 3.
Manju said:
1 decade ago
Out of fear your teeth stopped aching but the doctor did not stop your teeth from aching. In that case the passive sentence will be like this: your teeth was stopped from aching by the doctor. Don't confuse too much about these things just brush up your knowledge about active and passive voices. Vertika, I would prefer you to follow the structures in English language.
Rakesh Kumar said:
1 decade ago
A. dentist came in is "past indefinite" for the prolonging the statement looks better if the second is followed in the same verb . Was is not required as an additional verb.
Jyoti said:
1 decade ago
Very well Rakesh. Here we are dealing with past" indefinite" (simple past tense) , we do not require "past continuous"hence "was" should be omitted. Option B is absolutely correct.
Saurabh said:
1 decade ago
Completely agree with Atchaya we use was in object based of past indefinite where subject is not present. Tooth itself ached. No one did that process (aching). So no need for "was.
Debajyoti said:
1 decade ago
Was aching indicates that anyone helped or forced to stop aching i.e. was is used in passive form but it is not in passive sense so the sentence is incorrect.
Shefali Sing said:
8 years ago
No use of "was" in second sentence as both the work are simultaneously occuring thats why both should be in past indefinite.
Sannidhi said:
9 years ago
Why isn't the answer is in Past Perfect Tense (My tooth had stopped aching)? Please clarify my doubt. Thanks in advance.
Priya makarla said:
5 years ago
Why shouldn't we use had in the first sentence because that action happened first also it comes with the word "when"?
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Rushali said:
7 years ago
Usage of had stopped aching would be wrong because we have already used stopped to indicate simple past tense.
Vertika said:
1 decade ago
@Aawe.... rightly said. simple past. so no use of adding another past tense helping verb i.e. "was".
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