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The document discusses various conjunction errors in sentences, providing examples and corrections for each. It includes a section for selecting the correct conjunctions and explains the reasoning behind each choice. Additionally, it offers answers and explanations for the errors identified in the sentences.

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Conjunction Errors

The document discusses various conjunction errors in sentences, providing examples and corrections for each. It includes a section for selecting the correct conjunctions and explains the reasoning behind each choice. Additionally, it offers answers and explanations for the errors identified in the sentences.

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CONJUNCTION ERROR

1. (a) The period between / (b) 2000 to 2010 was very


/(c) significant in my life. / (d) No error

2. (a) Your success in IAS examinations depends not only


on / (b) what papers you have selected / (c)but on
how you have written them. / (d) No error

3. (a) I haven't been to / (b) New York before and / (c)


neither my sister. / (d) No error

4. (a) The reason why he / (b) was rejected was because


/ (c) he was too young. / (d) No error

5. (a) Scarcely had I bought / (b) the ticket when the


train / (c) left the platform with a hissing sound./ (d)
No error

6. (a) None of the diplomats at the conference / (b) was


able either to / (c) comprehend or solve theproblem.
/ (d) No error

7. (a) We are extremely pleased / (b) for excited as well


to invite you / (c) to attend the meeting. / (d)No error

8. (a) Bread and butter / (b) is / (c) all we want. / (d)


No error

9. (a) He walked as faster / (b) as he could so that / (c)


he would not miss the train to work. / (d) Noerror

10. (a) No sooner the teacher / (b) enter the class / (c)
than the students stood up / (d) No error

11. (a) Keep him at the arm's length / (b) lest you may
not repent / (c) in the long run. / (d) No error

12. (a) Unless you do not meet / (b) all the requirements
/ (c) your application will be rejected. / (d)No error
13. (a) No sooner she had realized / (b) her blunder than
she began / (c) to take corrective measures./ (d) No
error

14. (a) Neither the doctor nor the nurses / (b) were
asleep when / (c) the injured was brought to the
hospital. / (d) No error

15. (a) This is perhaps the same place who / (b) was
chosen by us / (c) for the picnic. / (d) No error

16. (a) Run fast / (b) lest you will / (c) lose the race / (d)
No error

17. (a) You must either / (b) work hard / (c) else be
prepared to lead a miserable life. / (d) No error

18. (a) This is not such a / (b) complicated problem / (c)


who cannot be solved with determination. /(d) No
error.

19. (a) He did not / (b) succeed in the examination, / (c)


yet he had worked hard and had adopted theright
strategy (c) / (d) No error

20. (a) Because he is intelligent / (b) therefore he gets


good / (c) marks in all the examinations / (d) Noerror

21. (a) I cannot say / (b) if he has paid / (c) the fee or
not / (d) No error

22. (a) It was almost / (b) ten years ago since he wrote
/ (c) a letter to me enquiring about my wellbeing./
(d) No error

23. (a) Scarcely we had / (b) reached the office / (c)


when it started raining cats and dogs. / (d) Noerror

24. (a) Mukesh is not only eminent / (b) for his writing
in English but also / (c) for his paintings onspiritual
things. / (d) No error

25. (a) Ram has to look after / (b) ten children / (c) but
he has nothing beside his salary. / (d) No error
26. (a) Besides literature / (b) they have to study / (c)
physics and chemistry / (d) No error (4)

Direction (1-15): Choose the correct conjunction in each


sentence.

1. ______ my friend ______I are taking the geography


class.

2. Do you want to go swimming ______golfing?

3. I studied grammar for a long time, __________I still


make mistakes.

4. ________ wood __________bricks can be used as


Home building materials.

5. I wasn't feeling well this morning, __________I had


to go to work.

6. Could you email me __________you receive the


offer?

7. I want to buy it __________it is expensive or not.

8. Don't do that __________I allow it.

9. __________you are confident with it, you should go


for it.

10. I didn't enroll this semester __________I could go


Back packing in Europe.

11. My neighbor's cat has been missing __________last


Friday.

12. I own a house, I am required to pay property taxes.

13. Hurry up; __________, you will be late for the train.

14. I studied hard for the exam; __________, I failed.

15. Tom is a sportsman; __________, his brother Sam is


athlete.

ANWERS
1. (b): 'between' is followed by 'and' and not 'to'.
2. (c): 'But also' is used together with 'not only'. Add
'also' to 'but'

3. (c): 'Neither' is followed by 'helping verb' and then


the subject. 'Neither has my sister' is the correct
sentence form.

4. (b): 'because' cannot come with 'the reason why'


because the sentence then becomes superfluous.

5. (d): No error.

6. (b): In the given sentence comprehend and solve are


the two verbs, either must come before
'comprehend' because 'or has been used before
'solve'. Put 'either' after 'to'

7. (b): Change 'for' into 'and'

8. (c): Add 'that' after 'all'.

9. (a): With 'as….. as' the adjective/ adverb will come


in their positive degree. Change 'faster' into
'fast'.

10. (a): 'No sooner' is followed by 'a helping verb' and


the 'sub'. 'No sooner did the teacher' will be the
correct sentence form.

11. (b): Change 'may' into 'should' as 'Lest … should' are


together used as conjunction.

12. (a): 'Unless' is not followed by 'not'. 'Unless you


meet' will be correct sentence formation.

13. (a): 'Had' must come after 'no sooner' and the subject
must follow.

14. (d): No error


15. (a): 'The same' is followed by 'that' and moreover
'who' is not used for places.

16. (b): 'Lest' is followed by 'should' and not 'will'.

17. (c): Change 'else' into 'or'. 'Either…. Or' is the correct
co-relative.

18. (c): 'Such' is followed by 'that'. Change 'who' into


'that'.

19. (c): Change 'yet' into 'though'.

20. (b): 'because/as/ since' are not followed by


'therefore'.

21. (b): Change 'if' into 'weather'.

22. (b): 'When' will come after 'ago' as a point of time is


denoted.

23. (a): Change 'we had' into 'had we'.

24. (a): Add 'eminent' before 'not only'.

25. (c): Change 'beside' to 'besides' as beside means next


to and besides means apart from or another thing
which is the correct use here.

26. (d): No error

Choose the correct conjunction in each sentence:

1. Both, and; Here we have two subjects so, the


conjunction 'both' should be used in the first blank.
Now for the second blank, one can be confused
between the usage of 'and' and 'or' but a careful
observation of the sentence would help you to observe
that 'and' is the most appropriate answer. Since, both
'my friend' and 'I' are the doers, besides this, the
usage of verb 'are' also suggests that 'and' is the
correct answer since, if am should have been the
answer, 'am' should have been used in place of 'are'.
Refer to the chapter 'Subject-Verb Agreement' for
detailed explanation.
2. or; Here, a choice has to be made between
'swimming' and 'golfing'. Hence, 'or' is the correct
answer.

3. but (yet); Here, the latter part of the sentence is in


contrast with the former part of the same. Hence, the
conjunction 'but (or yet)' should be used.

4. Either, or; Here we have two choices (i.e. 'wood' and


'bricks') out which one has to be chosen. In such cases,
we use 'either' before the first choice and 'or' before
the second.

5. yet (but); Here, the latter part of the sentence is in


contrast with the former part of the same. Hence, the
conjunction 'but (or yet)' should be used.

6. when; The latter part of the given sentence indicates a


particular 'point of time' (i.e. time of receivingthe
offer). Hence the conjunction of time 'when' should be
used here.

7. whether; Here, 'whether' should be used. Note that,


'or' can be used with both 'either' and 'whether'.
However, the sense in which it is used is not the same.
'either….or' is used to denote a choice between two (or
more) alternatives, whereas, 'whether….or' is used to
introduce two or more possibilities, and generally
means 'it is not important if…'.
For Ex – Whether or not you like it, I'm going out
tonight.

8. unless; Here, the latter part of the sentence puts a


condition on the action being done in the former part
of the same. Hence, the conjunction 'unless' should be
used.

9. If; Here, the former part of the sentence puts a


condition that the latter part is possible or will
happenonly if it becomes true. Hence, conjunction 'if'
is should be used.

10. so that; Here, the second part shows the reason or


purpose of the action done in the first part, hence,the
conjunction 'so that' should be used.
Note: "So that" is used as a subordinate clause to
show purpose or to give an explanation. It is used to
show an action producing an intended result or a
cause producing an effect.

11. since; Here a particular point of time (last Friday) is


being described, hence, 'since' should be used.

12. Because; Here, first part gives the reason for the
occurring of the second part, hence, 'because' should
be used.

13. otherwise; Here, a suggestion is made that the listener


can get late for the train if he doesn't hurry up, hence,
'otherwise' should be used here. 'Otherwise' is used
after an order or suggestion to show what the result
will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion.

14. however; Here, despite high degree of hard work 'I'


failed, In such cases, when despite whatever amount
or degree one doesn't get the desired results,
'however' is used.
Note: Yet can also we the answer.

15. likewise; 'Likewise' means 'in the same way' or '


similarly'. Here, both the subjects have , to some
extent, similar profession. Hence, 'likewise' should be
used

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