Verbal Ability - Spotting Errors - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Spotting Errors - Section 1 (Q.No. 15)
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).


15.

(solve as per the direction given above)

The students were
awaiting for
the arrival of the chief guest.
No error.
Answer: Option
Explanation:
awaiting
Discussion:
123 comments Page 8 of 13.

Hemanth Kumar said:   8 years ago
Answer is correct after awaiting no preposition is needed.

Sneha a said:   1 decade ago
I didn't get this sentence. Can anyone help me out here?

Aaditya said:   1 decade ago
or else other answer is waiting for instead of awaiting

Sarojbatra said:   1 decade ago
or else other answer is waiting for instead of awaiting

Sho said:   1 decade ago
What is the diff between an arrival and the arrival ?

Gokul Mole said:   8 years ago
Dear friends awaiting is wrong, it should be waiting.

Kratgya said:   7 years ago
I think waiting for can be used in place of awaiting.

Sakshi said:   5 years ago
I think "awaiting" can be replaced by "waiting for".
(4)

Piyush anand said:   1 decade ago
Why can't we use "wait for" instead of "await for"?

Apoorva said:   10 years ago
Awaiting/waited for. Both could have been correct.


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